Saudi Arabia vs Argentina: Saudis stun world and Argentina with 2-1 win

Saudi Arabia vs Argentina: Saudi Arabia shocked the world and beat Argentina by 2-1 in their first match of the FIFA World Cup 2022.

According to the media reports, Saudi Arabia notched one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history on Tuesday.

During the match, Lionel Messi scored a 10^th-minute penalty in a dominant first-half display where he and Lautaro Martinez also had three goals disallowed for offside. But Saudi Arabia threw caution to the wind at the start of the second half.

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Saleh Al-Shehri squeezed in a low shot in the 48th minute while Salem Al-Dawsari curled in a scorching strike from the edge of the penalty area in the 53rd minute to leave Argentina and Messi looking utterly shell-shocked.

After that, Argentina was unable to penetrate Saudi Arabia, who were competing in their sixth World Cup but had never previously won an opening game, and its the second-lowest ranked team in the tournament after Ghana. Saudi Arabia vs Argentina match was the first shock of the FFIA World Cup 2022 and now the world is waiting for the remaining shocks with excitement.