Hassanain Balal
Hassanane Balal is a British-Iraqi football commentator, journalist, and Head of Department - Business Studies at Harris Academy St John's Wood, who founded and hosts the Iraq Football Podcast, reaching over 250,000 followers across social media.
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Jun 8, 2026
Hassanain BalalGUEST
From Jordan, I think they flew to, was it Portugal? Portugal to then, um, I think it was Mexico City, and then from there to Monterrey.
Hassanain BalalGUEST
It was a long, long journey, um, to get the players to where they had to be, uh, to play the qualifier in Monterrey.
Hassanain BalalGUEST
But the fans, like some of, some Iraqi fans took 13 days to get to, to this match.
8 MINS LATER
Harry BrentHOST
... what is the verdict on, on him generally? Do fans like him? Do they think he's the right man to, to lead the, lead the team?