Sports reporter: First ‘incident’ of World Cup in Qatar Argentina’s 36-game unbeaten streak has ended. On the third day, the color of the World Cup! Argentina took the lead at the beginning of the match with Lionel Messi’s goal. The Albiceleste scored three more goals in the first half off the side. After that, Saudi Arabia scored a goal at the beginning of the second half and left the field with a 2-1 victory.
The blue and white jersey holders got a chance to go ahead with a goal in 2 minutes of the match which started at 1 pm local time in Qatar’s biggest Lusail Stadium. Lionel Messi took a shot from the tangle. But the Saudi goalkeeper bounced the shot because it was not strong. In the 10th minute of the match, Messi opened the goal for Qatar’s neighboring country, Saudi Arabia. He took the team forward from the penalty.
Then in the 22nd minute of the match, Lionel Messi sent the ball into the net, but it was offside. Lautaro Martinez celebrated by sending the ball into the net in the 27th minute of the match. After checking the VAR, the referee called offside. Another goal he scored in the 33rd minute was ruled out for offside.
Playing high-line defense in the first half, the Saudis didn’t seem to care. In the second half, the Arab country Saudi got a goal with the conviction of paying off the goal. The Asian representatives equalized in the 48th minute of the match. Sahel Al Sehri equalized. Saudi took the lead before overcoming that shock. Salem Al Dausari gave the team the lead in the 53rd minute of the match. He sent the ball into the net with an eye-catching shot from inside the box.
After that, the fight of the game started by strengthening the defense of Saudi. They finally tried it and got off. Goalkeeper Al Wais made five excellent saves. Saudi players disappointed Argentina by saving goals from the goal line. With this, Saudi Arabia won first in five matches against Argentina. The highest success in the previous four matches was two draws.
