Midfielder Salem Al Dawsari made it 2-1 for the opponent 8 minutes into the second half. Sports fans immediately blamed the former head of state for the result. In fact, they even called him a “mufa” on social networks.
Mauricio Macri, the mufa of Qatar 2022
In the game before 80,000 fans, Argentina opened the scoring after 10 minutes through a penalty scored by Messiafter a foul inside the area sanctioned at the request of the VAR.
After taking the lead, the national team maintained control of the ball and brought danger on several occasions, but the Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic disallowed a goal for Messi and two for Lautaro Martínez for offside checked through VAR.
In the second stage, Arabia took advantage of an oversight by the Argentine defense and surprised at minute 47 with a cross shot by Saleh Al Shehri that surpassed the goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez.
Five minutes later, the Saudi national team came back from behind thanks to a great individual play by Salem Al Dawsari in which he left several rivals on the road and completed with a powerful shot.
Argentina controlled the game and sought equality with shipments over the rival area, which were not effective against a rival who took refuge in their field to sustain their fourth victory in 17 games in six World Cups.
The current champion of America has not lost since July 2019 against Brazil and accumulated a streak of 36 games without defeat. For this very reason, the repercussions on Twitter were not long in appearing.
The albiceleste tidewhich appropriated the Qatari lands at the beginning of the illusion for the first match of the Argentine National Team, considered that the presence of the former official was bad luck.
For her part, Susana Giménez was also present today.
Source: Ambito
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