Saudi vs argentina

Saudi Arabia has said Wednesday will be a national holiday as, on the Jeddah Corniche by the Red Sea, in the heart of the capital Riyadh and in towns and villages across the country, its seismic 2-1 World Cup win over Lionel Messi’s Argentina was celebrated as a coming of age. The national football side’s remarkable victory was being seen as both a triumph on the pitch and a huge moment on the global sports stage, where the regional power has long sought a place in the spotlight. Outsiders against an Argentine team on a 36-match winning streak surely delivered that and, on Tuesday afternoon and evening, it was all that mattered to Saudi leaders and the fans who circled public squares in convoys of cars, waving the country’s green flag and proclaiming a new era of international football. The public holiday will be for all state employees “and the private sector, and male and female students in all educational stages”, the government announced on Tuesday evening. “We are so happy about the result. It was an exceptional match from our falcons,” said Ghassan Alwan, 42, marketing director at the Saudi ministry of housing. “Our faith in our players was in the right place. We wrote history tonight.” “Incredible, massive, amazing, fantastic,” added Abdulrahman Abed, a sports editor. “Congratulations to everyone. This means a lot to every Saudi. This will give a huge boost to every Arabic team in the Euphoria reached the inner circle of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was pic...

facebook twitter reddit link The 2022 FIFA World Cup continued Tuesday with Argentina being stunned by Saudi Arabia , 2-1, snapping a 36-match unbeaten streak, the second-longest such streak in international men's soccer history. Argentina would have tied the 37-match record held by Italy with a win or draw. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, is the first team part of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to defeat Argentina in a World Cup match. It marks the fourth win ever for Saudi Arabia in the World Cup, improving their all-time record to 4-11-2 (W-L-D). You can watch stream full-match replays for free on Tubi. Here are the top plays from Tuesday's group stage action.

The script was shredded by a side ranked 51st in the world – one below Qatar, oddly enough – and Argentina’s and Messi’s plans will follow suit without a response against Mexico and Poland. Group C has suddenly become fraught with danger for the two-time winners after a result that will reside in the Thank you for your feedback. A stupendous strike from Salem al-Dawsari, five minutes after Saleh al-Shehri cancelled out Argentina’s merited lead, delivered the greatest moment in Saudi Arabia’s football history. Players, coaches, backroom staff and the hobbling captain, Salman al-Faraj, whose World Cup was ruined by a first-half injury, poured on to the pitch when the Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic ended their torment after 14 minutes of stoppage time. The World Cup final venue was audibly buzzing with shock long after the whistle. It had pulsated throughout with the noise of a mass Saudi crowd. Read more Hervé Renard, Saudi Arabia’s French head coach who won the Africa Cup of Nations with Zambia and Ivory Coast and was dismissed after a few matches in charge of Cambridge United, called it a classic example of football’s ability to spring “something completely crazy”. He was correct in many respects. Argentina had three goals disallowed for offside in the space of 13 first-half minutes. They squandered chances and ran into a commanding goalkeeper in the shape of Mohammed al-Owais. His opposite number, Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martínez, had precious little to do other than twic...