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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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World Cup stunner: Saudi Arabia beats Lionel Messi and Argentina in historic upset [View all] 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