Saudi Arabia, ranked 48 places below Argentina, caused the upset of the tournament so far and perhaps the greatest shock in World Cup history.
Unheralded Saudi Arabia notched one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Lionel Messi’s Argentina thanks to a scintillating second-half comeback.
But Saudi Arabia, the second-lowest ranked team in the tournament after Ghana, threw caution to the wind at the start of the second half, charging at Argentina’s defence in front of a frenzied 88,012 crowd. The entire game was played in an extraordinary atmosphere at the Lusail Stadium, with Argentina’s traditionally massive and raucous following matched by the thousands of Saudis who had come over the border to cheer on their team.
The result revived old question marks over Argentina’s defence and broke their amazing 36-match undefeated run. That stopped them from matching the previous international record of 37 games unbeaten held by Italy.It also marred Messi’s achievement of becoming the first Argentinian to score in four World Cups on his 20th appearance in the tournament.“This hurts a lot. We were dreaming of starting the World Cup with a win,” said Messi’s strike partner Martinez.
Lionel Messi of Argentina competes with Abdulelah Al-Malki of Saudi Arabia during their Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 Group C match at Lusail Stadium on 22 November 2022 in Lusail City, Qatar.
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