33·Legends

Jaka Ihbeisheh vs Musab Al-Battat

Palestine against Palestine. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.

JI

Jaka Ihbeisheh

Palestine · 2015–19 · CDM

Almanac rating
77
Rank in Palestine
#10 of 33

Melbourne, 16 January 2015: on a night Jordan won 5-1, Ihbeisheh scored the first goal Palestine had ever managed at an Asian Cup. That remains a national first; he was in the Palestine squads at the 2015 and 2019 Asian Cups, took 17 caps and three goals, and played 347 club games through Slovenia's top flight plus spells in Qatar, Thailand and Austria.

vs
MA

Musab Al-Battat

Palestine · 2015–24 · RB

Almanac rating
78
Rank in Palestine
#8 of 33
Clubs
Shabab Al-Dhahiriya SC

Seventy-nine caps and one goal is the ledger of a full back who was there to defend, and on 23 January 2024 he wore the armband in Doha as Palestine beat Hong Kong 3-0 for their first Asian Cup victory and their first place in the knockout rounds. Three Asian Cups in 2015, 2019 and 2023, plus league football in Egypt with Ceramica Cleopatra and Qatar with Al-Wakrah and Qatar SC. Career record: club career at Shabab Al-Dhahiriya SC.

The verdict

The almanac puts Musab Al-Battat ahead by 1 rating point, 78 against 77.

Fans have not settled this one yet. Cast the first vote in the duels.

More arguments