22 On the evening of the evening, in the first game of Group C of Qatar World Cup, Saudi Arabia defeated the favorite Argentina 2-1. Messi scored 2 points and scored first, but Saudi team Sheikhri and Dosari scored in 5 minutes. Saudi Arabia became the first Asian team to win this World Cup, ending Argentina's 36-game unbeaten record in the international arena.
This is Messi's fifth time in the World Cup. This game is his 20th final round match, second to none of all participating players. Although he suffered an ankle injury during training, Messi still appeared in the starting lineup.
Less than 2 minutes into the game, Messi shot with his left foot in the penalty area, but was blocked by goalkeeper Alovias. In the 9th minute of , the referee checked the video replay and determined that the Saudi Arabian player committed a foul in the penalty area and awarded a penalty kick. Messi used a fake move to deceive the goalkeeper and easily scored the penalty kick.
Messi scored a penalty.
Under Messi's connection, the Argentine team's offense is very strong. In addition, Lautaro , Di Maria and other speed players, they repeatedly tore through direct passes to break through the opponent's defense. only in the first half, Messi and Lautaro scored three goals for offside and were invalid.
Saudi Arabia is very alert on the defensive end, and the opponent's repeated offside is due to the active pressure on its own defense line. The Asian Green Hawks used this trick to resolve the infiltration attack that Argentina was best at. If they hadn't had the unclear defensive movements in the penalty area, they could have protected the city gate in the first half.
In the second half, due to the backward score, Saudi Arabia could only push the whole line and give it a try with the favorites to win the championship. In the 48th minute of , Sheikhli scored at a small angle in the chaos. In the 53rd minute, Dosari relied on his outstanding personal skills to beat several defenders and scored with his right footed shot from the far corner.
Asian Green Eagles took only 5 minutes to overtake, completely stunned the Argentina team, ending the opponent's unbeaten record since 2019.
3 shots and scored 2 times. Saudi Arabia won the game with some luck, and the opponent's 15 shots scored only one goal, goalkeeper Alovais's brave performance is also very critical.
Frenchman Reinard once led the Ivory Coast and Zambia to win the African Cup.
In fact, Asian Green Eagles coach Reynard is very good at coaching dark horse teams. Under his leadership, Zambia and Ivory Coast have won the African championship. The 54-year-old French coach once said that he did not think Saudi Arabia could enter the next round, "but there will be surprises in the World Cup, which is the mentality of our team. Instead, I like everyone forgetting us and thinking that we are the weakest team."
As a result, the Asian Green Eagles made their debut in this event, giving their fans a huge surprise.
[Reporter] Bloomberg
[Picture] Visual China Xinhua News Agency
[Author] Bloomberg
[Source] Southern Media Group Southern + Client
