When you don’t start Lisandro Martinez, you’re at risk of losing and that’s a lesson Argentina painfully discovered in the World Cup. Nicolas Otamendi was given a start over the Manchester United centre-back and as expected, Saudi are beating Argentina 2-1.
Lionel Scaloni’s side didn’t look convincing at all. We’ve seen much better games from them both defensively and offensively. Saudi Arabia, in turn, impressed everyone with their passion and bravery, as well as some truly exceptional defending.
Leo Messi scored Argentina’s only goal from the penalty spot.
Next up, Argentina face Poland and Mexico. They should win both games to have a great chance of qualifying for the last 16.
Taking the lead early thanks to Lionel Messi, Argentina received a su/rpr/i/se 1-2 defeat against Saudi Arabia at Lusail Stadium, in the opening match of Group C of the World Cup 2022.
In the next minutes, Messi hit Saudi Arabia and Lautaro Martinez twice beat goalkeeper Alowais. However, new technology to catch offside repeatedly denied Los Albiceleste’s goal.
Losing to Saudi Arabia, coach Lionel Scaloni’s army ended a 35-match un beat en streak. Messi and his teammates will have to work hard in the remaining two matches against Mexico and Poland if they want to win tickets to continue.