– I don’t believe what I’m seeing, said expert commentator Jesper Mathisen. – We had never imagined this in our lives, the TV 2 commentator continued. Saudi Arabia has been responsible for what must be said to be a real World Cup shock. Lionel Messi and Argentina were one of the big favorites to win the World Cup after being among the world’s best national teams for the past couple of years. But against the team from the Middle East they went on a real blast when they turned 0-1 into 2-1. Photo: DYLAN MARTINEZ / Reuters – They have both been fought and lost in duel after duel, commented Mathisen. This is a country ranked number 51 in the Fifa ranking that has beaten number three in the ranking. Messi ensured a dream start However, it was Argentina who started clearly the best. On a corner kick, Paredes went to the ground. The referee initially did not blow, but the referee looked at the VAR screen and eventually awarded a penalty. There, Messi was ice cold, and put the ball in the opposite direction for goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais. Shortly afterwards he was on the move again. This time he was played through and easily put the ball into the net. This time the goal was correctly disallowed for offside. There would be more cancellations. Lautaro Martínez was furious at the porridge, and had two goals canceled for offside. Indeed, Argentina were early on a number of occasions. They were called off for offside seven times in the first half. That’s one offside more than they got through the entire World Cup in 2018. That time they were on the wrong side six times in total. Crazy turnaround And their miscalculations were to punish themselves. Saudi Arabia had little to offer, but suddenly Saleh Al-Shehri was alone with the goalkeeper. He put the ball in the net behind a chanceless Emiliano Martínez. The result was surprisingly 1-1. Photo: Ricardo Mazalan / NTB But the surprises did not end. For Saudi Arabia painted on, and Salem Al-Dawsari served a creamery of a score. The greens thus surprisingly led 2-1 over Argentina itself. In addition, there was a terrifying incident when Al-Sharani went to the ground after getting the goalkeeper’s knee right in the face. This resulted in a long break in overtime. But one of the World Cup shocks of all time finally became a fact. Now Argentina must win their two remaining games in the group to advance. Argentina is expected to face tougher opposition in Mexico and Poland.
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