Former Asian champions Iraq needed two penalties in regulation time, and the tiebreaker, to put it across a fighting India and book their place in the final of the King’s Cup at the 700th Anniversary Stadium in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Thursday.
The teams were tied 2-2 at the end of regulation time. In the tiebreaker, Iraq converted all five penalties, after Brandon Fernandes had missed the opening spotkick for India.