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

[Joe Cool]

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.

[Basic LA]

1. Spoiler alert.

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]

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

...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]

3. Wow what an upset!

Did the Saudis bring their bonesaws along?

[peppertree]

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

That seems to be behind them now however.

Good luck to Wales!

[tdawnnews]

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

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.