Palestine keep hopes of first World Cup alive with dramatic Iraq turnaround | Football News

Palestine score twice in the final minutes of their Group C qualifier for a historic 2-1 win against Iraq in Jordan.

Palestine kept alive hopes of reaching their first FIFA World Cup finals with a dramatic late comeback to beat Iraq 2-1 in Jordan.

The victory on Tuesday was also Palestine’s first at this stage of the Asian qualifiers for football’s global showpiece tournament.

Aymen Hussein’s glancing header, from Ibrahim Bayesh’s cross in the 34th minute, looked to have sealed the…