Saudi Arabia beat Argentina in the World Cup
Lionel Messi and his teammates were shocked.
Argentina lost the opening match of the World Cup to Saudi Arabia.
Salem Al-Dosari put the rumble with a dream goal.
Argentina scored goal after goal in the first half. But only one was approved. Three (!) were disqualified for offside.
The 1-0 lead at halftime didn’t last long. Saudi Arabia came out and shocked the big nation with two goals in five minutes and suddenly they turned the game around in the 53rd minute.
Then they managed to hold off and won 2-1.
Try Messi’s psychic
Lionel Messi, who is participating in the last World Cup finals, opened the scoring after placing a controversial penalty kick.
The star was not at all bothered by goalkeeper Mohamed El-Awy’s attempt to fool himself by pointing to Messi’s left.
– I really don’t think he peed himself from the signal, says SVT studio expert Daniel Nannskoog.
Then the Argentine rolled the ball into the corner indicated by Al Owais, while the goalkeeper bounced it in the opposite direction.
Messi is constantly looking for the goalkeeper’s destination. It’s cold, Nanskog says.
“great ending”
But there was no first celebration for Messi and Argentina.
The decisive score of 2-1 for Salem Al-Dosari was a goal that Saudi players dream of on the field. He got a hit that went into the far post.
Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was on the ball but failed to save it.
– This is a great finish, says expert commentator Marcus Johansson at SVT.
Expelled by the goalkeeper
At the end of the match, frightening scenes were shown. And goalkeeper Al-Owais stopped a far pass, and at the same time he hit his knee at high speed in the face of his teammate, Yasser Al-Shahrani.
– This eruption was really bad, says Johansson.
The full-back was left sprawled on the pitch and Al Owais looked shocked as he sat on the pitch with his hands on his head.
Al-Shahrani was carried away on a stretcher.
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