Saleh Al Shehri and Salem Al Dawsari are two players from Saudi Arabia who will remain forever in the history of football in the largest Arab country in Asia, but also in Argentina. All because they were the authors of the goals that gave victory to the Green Hawks against Leo Messi’s team, this Wednesday, in a game of the first day of group C of the World Cup in Qatar, and with it ended a cycle of invincibility of more than 3 years????????
Argentina’s last defeat occurred in the semifinal of the Copa América, on July 2, 2019, against Brazil. Then followed 36 games always scoring. With Tuesday’s loss, the Argentina failed to match Italy’s unbeaten record???????? The transalpine team went 37 games without losing, between 2018 and 2021.
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On this path of invincibility, the Argentina won two titles, by winning the 2021 Copa América and the Finalissima, a match between the champions of South America and Europe, already this year. The Copa América was won in Brazil, in the middle of the Maracana Stadium, with a 1-0 win over the host team. The Finalissima was won at Wembley, with a 3-0 win over Italy.
This was also the first time, in five games played against each other, that Saudi Arabia (49th in the FIFA ranking) beat Argentina (third in the world). In addition, it was also the first time that Alviceleste had lost to an Asian team in a World Cup.
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32 years ago Argentina lost the opening match of a World Cup: the last defeat (1-0) was against Cameroon in 1990. The African and Asian teams are part of the restricted group of teams that beat the Argentines in the first match of a World Cup and join the FRG (1958), Poland (1974) and Belgium (1982).
Source: Observadora
