Third day into the World Cup and we already have a shocker. Saudi Arabia deservedly defeated one of the favorites of the tournament – Argentina and what’s even more impressive, they did it after coming from behind, since they trailed 1-0 at halftime, due to the penalty awarded by VAR which was conceded by Messi. The nation is still in shock, as an easy victory as participated, but instead, Argentina’s 36 game unbeaten run came against an unlikely opponent. And now, everybody are restless. Instead of joy, fans are calculating how many points they need to advance to the knockout stage.The shock of all shocks! Saudi Arabia soar high and inflict the most humiliating defeat upon Messi’s ArgentinaAnd the star of the team, Lionel Messi, offered no excuses after an embarrassing defeat from the Saudi Arabia.”It’s a very heavy blow, a defeat that hurts, but we must continue to have confidence in ourselves. This group is not going to give up. We will try to beat Mexico. There are no excuses, we’re going to be more united than ever before. This group is strong and has shown it before. We had not been in this situation for a long time. Now we must show that this is a true group” said Messi after the match.4 – With his goal against Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Lionel Messi has become the first player to score in four World Cups with @Argentina (2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022), overpassing Gabriel Batistuta (1994, 1998 and 2002) and Diego Maradona (1982, 1986 and 1994). Poker.#ARG #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/V1ojtVYLZE— OptaJose (@OptaJose) November 22, 2022 His namesake Lionel Scalloni had to point out that, contrary to other thoughts, he and his coaching team and players didn’t take Saudi Arabia ‘lightly’.”We know that Saudi Arabia is a team with good players, who move the ball around well and play a high line. We worked on that but we rushed it a bit. At 2-1 we got disorganized, we lost our performance level and started desperately putting the ball into the middle. Now we need to win two games to move on. Of course this is difficult but regardless of the result today we would anyway try to win all the games. What comes ahead is to rise up, to face Mexico. They will be tough, as everyone is at the World Cup.”Awaken Italian giants Milan want Darwin to help their evolutionSaudi Arabia’s French coach Herve Renard was happy that his team made a major upset, but choose to stay humble and revealed one of the reason for Argentina’s defeat.”All the stars in the sky were aligned for us, but don’t forget Argentina are still a fantastic team. This is football, sometimes totally crazy things can happen. We needed to get this result, it will be one for the history books, but as a coach I’m always asking for more from my players, so let’s stay humble. We can just have a good celebration during 20 minutes and that’s all, there are still two more games. When you come to the World Cup, you need to believe in yourself, anything can happen in football. Sometimes the opposition does not have the best motivation, it’s normal, it also happened to us when playing lower teams. Some people don’t understand but you can imagine that when you’re playing against Saudi Arabia, the motivation is not the same as playing against Brazil” said the Frenchman.QATAR 2022 WORLD CUPTuesday, Nov 22ndArgentina – Saudi Arabia 1-2 (1-0)/Messi 10 pen – Al Shehri 48, Al Dawsari 53/Denmark – Tunisia 0-0 (0-0)19:00: (2.75) Mexico (2.95) Poland (2.85) C22:00: (1.25) France (6.25) Australia (11.0) D
