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This is not how it was supposed to be, but this is how it always seems to end. That slump of the shoulders, that distant stare, that mournful grimace.
Argentina came to this World Cup to enshrine Lionel Messi’s legacy in gold. It will remember it, for some time, for one of the greatest humiliations in its history.
A team that had traveled to Qatar on the back of 35 games without defeat, the glow of its first international honor in a generation fresh in the memory, with arguably the greatest player of all time in top form and surrounded by teammates of the highest caliber, opened its tournament with a 2-1 defeat to an opponent, Saudi Arabia, that was supposed to be little more than a sacrificial lamb.
Watch the highlights from the match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia played at Lusail Stadium, Lusail on Tuesday, 22 November 2022 below.
Group C - FIFA World Cup 2022 | |||||||
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Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
Argentina | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Poland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Argentina | 1 | - | 2 | Saudi Arabia | |
Al Daayen, Lusail City – November 22, 2022 10:00 am | |||||
Mexico | 0 | - | 0 | Poland | |
Stadium 974, Ras Abu Aboud. – November 22, 2022 4:00 pm | |||||
Poland | 2 | - | 0 | Saudi Arabia | |
Education City, Al Rayyan – November 26, 2022 1:00 pm | |||||
Argentina | 2 | - | 0 | Mexico | |
Al Daayen, Lusail City – November 26, 2022 7:00 pm | |||||
Poland | 0 | - | 2 | Argentina | |
Stadium 974, Ras Abu Aboud. – November 30, 2022 7:00 pm | |||||
Saudi Arabia | 1 | - | 2 | Mexico | |
Al Daayen, Lusail City – November 30, 2022 7:00 pm |