Saudi Arabia’s 1-2 win in opposition to Argentina on Sunday was some of the greatest upsets in World Cup historical past. But the fairytale win had a stuttering begin because the Asian nation went into half time 1-0 down after Argentine famous person Lionel Messi had transformed from the spot. That’s the place their coach Herve Renard stepped in.
After Saudi Arabia went to the dressing room at interval, Renard shared his pearls of knowledge together with his staff, saying, “Messi, he has the ball in the middle of the pitch and you stand [hands up] in front of the defence. You have to go and mark him in the middle. Take your phone, you can make a picture with him!”
“You don’t feel we are able to come back? You don’t feel it? You play relaxed. Come on guys, this is the World Cup. Give everything,” he was caught on digital camera saying in a video shared by the official Twitter deal with of the Saudi Arabia nationwide staff.
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— المنتخب السعودي (@SaudiNT) November 24, 2022
His inspiring speech wakened his staff and within the second half, targets from Saleh Al-Shehri and Salem Al-Dawsari made certain that Saudi Arabai walked away with 3 factors in opposition to their extra embellished rivals.
The end result dropped at an finish Argentina’s 36 match unbeaten streak since shedding the 2019 Copa America semifinal to Brazil.
Argentina want to right away bounce again in opposition to Mexico on Saturday, in any other case, an embarrassing early exit awaits. This is Lionel Scaloni’s first disaster as Argentina coach — he hadn’t misplaced a sport earlier than the Saudis’ rally at Lusail Stadium on Tuesday — and it stays to be seen how he reacts.
Saudi Arabia, in the meantime, will lock horns with Poland on Saturday.
