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Joe Cool

(741 posts) Tue Nov 22, 2022, 10:31 AM Nov 2022

World Cup stunner: Saudi Arabia beats Lionel Messi and Argentina in historic upset

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/2022/11/22/saudi-arabia-argentia-world-cup-historic-upset/stories/202211220066

LUSAIL, Qatar — Saudi Arabia scored one of the biggest World Cup upsets ever by beating Lionel Messi’s Argentina 2-1 on Tuesday.

Messi’s quest to win the one major title to elude him got off to a shocking start and brought back memories of Cameroon’s 1-0 win over an Argentina team led by Diego Maradona in the opening game of the 1990 World Cup.

Goals by Saleh Alshehri and Salem Aldawsari in a five-minute span in the second half gave the Saudis the win. Argentina took an early lead with a 10th-minute penalty by Messi.

The Argentina loss rivals other World Cup upsets like Senegal's 1-0 win over titleholder France 1-0 in the 2002 tournament opener and the United States beating England by the same score in 1950.

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World Cup stunner: Saudi Arabia beats Lionel Messi and Argentina in historic upset (Original Post) Joe Cool Nov 2022 OP

Spoiler alert. Basic LA Nov 2022 #1

I happened to be awake near near the end of the second... 3catwoman3 Nov 2022 #2

Wow what an upset! geardaddy Nov 2022 #3

Who needs saws - when you can bribe the VAR man. peppertree Nov 2022 #4

World Cup stunner: Saudi Arabia beats Messi's Argentina 2-1 tdawnnews May 2023 #5

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)

1. Spoiler alert.

Reply to Joe Cool (Original post)

Tue Nov 22, 2022, 12:02 PM

Nov 2022

Remember, if you're recording a game to watch when you wake up, stay off all media, including DU. In fairness, it's hard to hold back with such an upset score!

3catwoman3

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2. I happened to be awake near near the end of the second...

Reply to Joe Cool (Original post)

Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:36 PM

Nov 2022

...half, so I turned on the game, and had to look twice at the score to be sure I was seeing it right.

Not until seeing the post-game recap did I know that Argentina had also had 3 goals called back for offsides.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

3. Wow what an upset!

Reply to Joe Cool (Original post)

Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:30 PM

Nov 2022

Did the Saudis bring their bonesaws along?

peppertree

(21,639 posts)

4. Who needs saws - when you can bribe the VAR man.

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 26, 2022, 05:51 PM

Nov 2022

That seems to be behind them now however.

Good luck to Wales!

tdawnnews

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5. World Cup stunner: Saudi Arabia beats Messi's Argentina 2-1

Reply to Joe Cool (Original post)

Tue May 30, 2023, 04:51 PM

May 2023

Saudi Arabia scored one of the biggest World Cup upsets ever by beating Lionel Messi’s Argentina 2-1

Messi’s quest to win the one major title to elude him got off to a shocking start and brought back memories of Cameroon’s 1-0 win over an Argentina team led by Diego Maradona in the opening game of the 1990 World Cup.

Goals by Saleh Alshehri and Salem Aldawsari in a five-minute span in the second half gave the Saudis the win. Argentina took an early lead with a 10th-minute penalty by Messi.

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