Vieira said his players waited for four hours at the Prince Hotel lobby in Kuala Lumpur after arriving from Bangkok on Monday before only eight rooms were made available for 31 people.

Iraq play South Korea on Wednesday in an Asian Cup semi-final and Vieira said their travelling ordeal nullified any advantage they had over the Koreans in terms of an extra day's rest.

"We left Bangkok at 7am, arrived at the hotel at 5pm and then waited four hours for only eight rooms," Vieira, whose team defeated Vietnam 2-0 in the quarter-finals on Saturday, told journalists on Tuesday.

"Then we had to pick up our luggage, we trained at 9pm and my players only had their dinner at 1.30am."

Vieira said the Iraqi team had planned to leave Bangkok on Sunday but stayed an extra day on the AFC's advice.

"The AFC said if we come to Malaysia on Sunday, we would have to stay in another hotel and then move to the Prince Hotel the next day," he said.

"The AFC must realise that this is not a tourist group, we are an international football team. They gave us guarantees but they could not keep those guarantees."

Korea beat Iran 4-2 on penalties on Sunday after a gruelling 0-0 draw over 120 minutes at the Bukit Jalil Stadium.

Coach Pim Verbeek had expressed concern that his players had one day less to prepare for the semi-final than Iraq, who only played 90 minutes against Vietnam.

However, Vieira said the advantage had now swung the other way.

"If you ask me who has the advantage, I think the Koreans are in a better position than us now, especially after what we went through," he said.