On November 22, after the Argentine team unexpectedly lost to the Saudi Arabian team in the first match of the Qatar World Cup, fans around the world had mixed reactions.
Saudi fans were undoubtedly the craziest that day. A video of Saudi fans celebrating the team's victory appeared on foreign social media videos. A Saudi fan went crazy and tore off the door of his home from the hinges, expressing his ecstasy with "hand-tearing the door" 's victory. Then he dragged the gate outside and threw it on the floor. Instead of stopping him, his teammates cheered loudly and gave the crazy fan a big hug as encouragement.

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among the fans who supported Argentina, some immediately "rebeled" after Saudi Arabia reversed the score 2-1. David Vuacchi, a fan who supports the Argentina team, is an Internet celebrity. He has 1.298 million fans on foreign social media!
On the day of the match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia, Vuyaqi also appeared in the stands of Lusail Stadium. After seeing Saudi Arabia taking the lead, Vuyaqi immediately switched camps. He took off his Argentina jersey and exchanged it with the Saudi fans around him. After putting on the Saudi jersey, he cheered and celebrated with a smile on his face.
After the game, Wu Yaqi posted this video on social media and wrote: "Now, we are all Saudis!" The video quickly received 3.2 million views and 10,000 likes, and was quickly spread on the Internet.

Some die-hard fans of the Argentine team are trying every possible means to find reasons to excuse the team. Some fans insist that the Argentine team must have deliberately lost to the Saudi team in order not to meet the Brazilian team in the knockout round.
According to the World Cup schedule , if Argentina ranks first in Group C and Brazil wins first place in Group G, these South American rivals will be placed in the top half of the knockout round and have a high chance of meeting in the semifinals. However, if Argentina advances in second place in the group, they can avoid Brazil and may enter the bottom half with France and England, with the possibility of meeting Brazil in the final. Many Argentinian fans stubbornly believe that losing to the Saudi team is just a strategic arrangement of the team. Otherwise, it cannot be explained that Messi only made 66 shots in the first game of the World Cup and lost the ball 22 times!
This "conspiracy theory" conclusion also quickly spread on foreign social media and was recognized by many people. Some netizens commented: "This is just to prepare for the final between Brazil and Argentina!" Some fans said: "Argentina will be fine. They will win the next two group games. But if they finish second in the group, they will avoid the Brazilian team. To be honest, this is what we want to see."
Red Star News reporter Jiang Shan intern Edited by Wang Yiqi
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