May 30, Kathmandu-Nepal lost to Iraq 6-2 in a friendly international football match. Nepal scored 4 goals in the first half and 2 goals in the second half in the match played in Basra, Iraq on Saturday night. Although Iraq took the lead in the game, Nepal went ahead by scoring two goals in a row. But Iraq scored three goals in the 42nd minute of the first half.

He scored 42, 44, and injury time. Earlier, Iraq took the lead in the seventh minute. But a minute later, Nepal equalized with a suicide goal by an Iraqi player. Nepal took the lead in the 29th minute through a goal by Manish Dangi. This was Manish's debut game for Nepal. But due to the mistakes of the defense, Nepal managed to score a goal. Iraq scored extra goals in the 67th and 75th minutes.

Nepal has played international football with Iraq for 20 years. In the world football rankings, Iraq is 68th and Nepal is 171st. Nepal will now go to Kuwait to play the remaining games of the World Cup qualifiers. Nepal will compete with Chinese Taipei in Kuwait on June 3, Jordan on June 7, and Australia on June 11. Nepal has won one and lost four out of five matches played in the tournament. Nepal has lost only to Chinese Taipei.