FIFA World Cup 2022: Saudi Arabia stuns Lionel Messi's Argentina 2-1 in one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history, Player ratings.

Placed in the 51st in FIFA Rankinsg shocked the World No. 3 in FIFA Ranking, A biggest upsets in FIFA World Cup history.
Saudi Arabia has produced one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history Tuesday, beating Lionel Messi's Argentina 2-1 in an astonishing Group C match.

Despite the early lead with agains the Greens with a 10th minute penalty.

Argentina has disallowed three goals in the first half due to offside, a big turnaaround for Argentinean side to defeated by Saudia Arabia.

Two second-half goals from Saleh Al-Shehri and Salem Al Dawsari has the turning point, A bigges loss for Undefeated Team, who havn't taste a defeat Since June 2019.

But two goals in five minutes at the start of the second half turned the game on its head for a side that bookies were offering odds of 500-1 to win the World Cup before the tournament began.

Argentina had the majority of the ball and forced saves from Saudi goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais, but they were unable to apply consistent pressure to the team that was ranked second to last in the competition, behind Ghana.

The thousands of Saudi fans also Shocked inside the Lusail Stadium couldn't quite believe what they were watching as they celebrated their unexpected victory against argentina.

Argentina's best chance to tie the game might have come in the 101st minute but Julian Alvarez's header was saved by Mohammed Al-Owais.

Many praises & thanks to Saudi goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais, who have saved many brilliant shots by Messi' Argentina side.

Nine corner kicks and nearly 70% of the possession went to Argentina. However, failing to score in front of goal when the team was onside cost the game.

FIFA World Cup 2022: Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia, Argentina end 36-games stream since 2019, Best Stats.

Argentina entered the Qatar 2022 as the No. 2 favorite behind Brazil and with 36-game unbeaten streak that dated back to 2019.
Argentina wins streak incl. a win in the 2021 Copa America tournament over Brazil to give Lionel Messi his first major international trophy.
Saudi Arabia are the first non-European team to beat Argentina at the World Cup since Cameroon in 1990.
Saudi Arabia attempted three shots in this game, the lowest total for any team in a single match in the 2022 World Cup.
Cameroon 1-0 Argentina in 1990 was a shock. Saudi Arabia 2-1 Argentina is an electrocution.
Argentina have not lost a World Cup match in which they scored first since 1958 but here, Its Ugly.
This is Saudi Arabia 18th match at the World Cup. They’ve lost 11 of those, winning Four and drawing two, conceding 40 and scoring 13. Their other wins came against Egypt in 2018 and Morocco and Belgium in 1994 and NOW against Argentina.
This is the fifth time in 17 World Cup matches that Saudi Arabia have scored twice.

2022 World Cup Fantasy: Argentina vs Saudi Arabia, Every Player Ratings.

1. Argentina (4-4-2)

GK: Emiliano Martinez - 6/10 -

RB: Nahuel Molina - 5/10 -

CB: Cristian Romero - 5/10 -

CB: Nicolas Otamendi - 6/10 -

LB: Nicolas Tagliafico - 6/10 -

RM: Angel Di Maria - 4/10 -

CM: Leandro Paredes - 4/10 -

CM: Rodrigo de Paul - 3/10 -

LM: Alejandro Gomez - 3/10 -

ST: Lionel Messi - 6/10 -

ST: Lautaro Martinez - 4/10 -

SUB: Enzo Fernandez (59' for Paredes) - 6/10 -

SUB: Lisandro Martinez (59' for Romero) - 6/10 -

Manager: Lionel Scaloni - 4/10 -

2. Saudi Arabia (4-1-4-1)

GK: Mohammed Al Owais - 8/10 -

RB: Saud Abdulhamid - 7/10 -

CB: Hassan Altambakti - 9/10 -

CB: Ali Al-Bulayhi - 8/10 -

LB: Yasir Al Shahrani - 7/10 -

DM: Abdulelah Al Malki - 7/10 -

RM: Saleh Al-Shehri - 7/10 -

CM: Mohamed Kanno - 8/10 -

CM: Salman Al-Faraj - 6/10 -

LM: Salem Al-Dawsari - 7/10 -

ST: Firas Al-Buraikan - 7/10 -

SUB: Nawaf Al-Abid (45' for Al-Faraj) - 6/10

SUB: Sultan Al Ghanam (78' for Al-Shehri) - 6/10 -

Manager: Herve Renard - 9/10 -

Player of the match - Hassan Altambakti

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