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Two-time world Cup champions, Argentina started their campaign in the FIFA World Cup 2022 with their first match against Saudi Arabia. Both teams played this match at Lusail Stadium in Qatar. Everything was looking in the favour of Lionel Messi’s men except the few minor mistakes that happened to cost them the entire match against a very lower-ranked team like Saudi Arabia.
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Eventually, the World's number-three team in the FIFA ranking fell prey to an embarrassing loss against Saudi Arabia. The entire footballing world and footballs are in shock that how it went possible for a 51-rank team to outplay the two-time champions and started their campaign with a win in the 22nd edition of the prestigious quadrennial event of football.
Some of the fans also came up with hilarious memes on Argentina following this upset done at the hands of Saudi Arabia. So, here we'll also look at some of the memes and reactions from football fans after this match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia.
Here's how fans reacted:
Argentina fans right now 🇦🇷#ARGKSA #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/8ywoC5IN2y
— i sport (@iPaperSport) November 22, 2022
Argentina are undefeated in their last 36 games. #ARGKSA
— OKAKAH MUFASA 🤴 (@RealOkakah) November 22, 2022
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦: pic.twitter.com/RR4wZoaQO9
"Argentina are favorites to win the World Cup"
— Caleb Omah (@CalebOmah) November 22, 2022
Saudi Arabia: 👇👇#ARGKSA ( Penalty Offside Licha Dybala Leo Messi ) pic.twitter.com/Vk1ju0T6V0
Argentina Supporters right now#FIFAWorldCup #ARGKSA pic.twitter.com/mLu2oqecVk
— SAAD (@Fallen_x_King) November 22, 2022
Inshallah boys played well... 👏 🕺🏽#ArgentinaVsSaudiArabia #ARGKSA #SaudiArabia #Argentina #Messi #FIFAWorldCup #AsliAkhada #FootballMemes #DesiMemes pic.twitter.com/rnxJFzsAhu
— Fantasy Akhada (@FantasyAkhada) November 22, 2022
It seems the knockout stage starts earlier for Argentina 😅#FIFAWorldCup #Argentina #ARGKSA #Messi𓃵 #football
— Balázs Szele (@SzeleBalazs) November 22, 2022
Eye-Opener for Argentina as World Cup have very Small Margins and Luck.
— Maaz Ahmad (@SilentPo007) November 22, 2022
You can't be rest untill the final whistle.
Will definitely came back Stronger.#Argentina #WorldCup
😂🤣😅🤣😂 you are not a real contender, Stop wasting everyone’s time!#Messi #Argentina
— Steve.T 🇺🇸 (@Nick007Back) November 22, 2022
Speaking of the action of the match, everything was falling in place for La Selección as their skipper, and the veteran right-winger Lionel Messi scored the first goal on a penalty in favor of his team only in the 10th minute of the match. Subsequently, Messi & co. overpassed the Falcons almost in every department of the match.
First things first, starting with the ball possessions, it was only Argentina who kept the ball with them for almost 70% part of the match in comparison to the 30% possessed by the KSA. La Albiceleste overpassed the Saudi Arabian side with a margin of 332 when it was about to count on the passes of both teams.
Five-time World Cup finalists Argentina succeeded to register 596 passes to their name in the match including an accuracy of 85% in the passes.
The only thing that made writings absolutely on the wall for Argentina was their back-to-back errors that resulted in the offsides. Eventually, they had to give up their 3 scored goals in the first half.
Talking about Saudi Arabia, the 29-year-old center-forward Saleh Al-Shehri scored the first goal for his team in the 48th minute of the match. Just five minutes after Al-Shehri’s goal, his teammate and senior left-winger Salem Al-Dawasari smashed the match-winning goal for Saudi Arabia.
At the time of the last whistle, it was Saudi Arabia who took all the winning points and started their campaign with an amazing win against the 1986 FIFA World Cup champions.