The Argentine national team showed its readiness for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, after its great victory over its Emirati host, with five unanswered goals - Wednesday - in Abu Dhabi, in the last preparatory friendly match before the start of its campaign in the 2022 World Cup, against Saudi Arabia next Tuesday in the opening of Group C competitions.

Under the leadership of his star Lionel Messi, the Argentine national team continued its positive series, raising its score to 36 matches without losing - in a row - so far, which began on July 6, 2019, by defeating Chile (2-0), in the Copa America.

And at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, and in front of about 37,000 spectators, the technical differences appeared clear between the two teams and in favor of Messi and his companions, as the “Albiceleste” did not find any difficulty in reaching match No. 36 without defeat, under the leadership of coach Lionel Scaloni, to become a distance One win from equaling the world record holder Italy (37 matches).

Julian Alvarez scored in the 17th minute, Angel Di Maria (25 and 36), Lionel Messi (44) and Joaquin Correa (60) scored the goals of the match.

Emirates 0-5 Argentina

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- Abu Dhabi Sports Channel (@ADSportsTV) November 16, 2022

An important moral victory for Tunisia

For its part, the Tunisian national team achieved an important moral victory at the expense of its Iranian counterpart, with two goals without a response, on Wednesday evening in the Qatari capital, Doha.

And after the harsh defeat at the hands of the Brazilian giants (1-5) in late September, the Tunisian national team regained its morale by defeating its Iranian counterpart, in the last preparations for the teams for the Qatar World Cup, which begins next Sunday.

The Carthage Eagles compensated for their humiliating defeat against Brazil with a moral victory over Iran before the World Cup (Tunisian press)

Behind closed doors in the absence of the audience, and without a televised broadcast of the match - by decision of the coaches of the two teams - the Tunisian national team won by scoring two goals during the second half, as Naeem Al-Sleiti scored the first goal from a penalty kick in the 62nd minute, while his colleague Ali Al-Abedi doubled the score for the Carthage Eagles in the minute. 69 from the match.

As a result of the numerical shortage in its ranks in the last twenty minutes - after the expulsion of Abu al-Fadl Jalali - the Iranian national team, under the leadership of its Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz, was unable to return to the meeting.

Tunisia will start its sixth World Cup campaign next Tuesday, against Denmark, in Group D, which includes: Australia and France, the defending champion in the last version, while the first test for Iran will be in its sixth participation - also - next Monday against England, in the second group that includes: Wales and the United States.

Saudi green loss

The preparatory matches witnessed the loss of the Saudi national team to its Croatian guest, with a clean goal, on Wednesday, at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, as part of the teams’ preparations for the FIFA World Cup.

Croatia owes this friendly victory to its player Andrei Kramaric, who managed at the end of the match to deceive goalkeeper Mohammed Al Owais.

The Saudi national team was the best party in the first half, when the biggest opportunity arose when Muhammad Kanoo hit a powerful ball that hit the defense and turned into a corner, and from a defensive lapse, the host almost opened the scoring when Saleh Al-Shehri aimed the ball towards the goal, but the defense turned it into a corner.

Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic involved captain Luka Modric in the 65th minute, before the Croatian national team managed to open the scoring when German Hoffenheim striker Kramaric penetrated and shot a powerful ball to the right of goalkeeper Al Owais, announcing Croatia's progress (1-0), a goal he preserved. Modric teammates until the end of the match.

🎥 Match summary!

⚽️ #Saudi Arabia 0 x 1 Croatia #Saudi_Croatia |

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- Saudi Sports Company SSC (@ssc_sports) November 16, 2022

Saudi Arabia will play its first match in the World Cup next Tuesday against Argentina, in Group C, which also includes: Mexico and Poland.

As for Croatia, it plays in Group F, which includes: Belgium, Morocco and Canada, and begins its participation by facing Morocco next Wednesday, as part of the opening of the group.

In turn, the German national team achieved a difficult victory over its Omani counterpart, with a goal without a response, as part of its preparations to participate in the World Cup.

The German machines waited until the 80th minute for Niklas Volkrug to score the goal of the match, which was hosted by Sultan Qaboos Stadium in the Omani capital, Muscat.

It is worth noting that the German national team will start its matches against Japan on November 23, at Khalifa International Stadium, in Group E.

With the same result, the Polish national team defeated its Chilean counterpart in Warsaw in the last preparatory match before traveling to Doha to play the World Cup in Qatar.

The Italian Salernitana striker, Christoph Piatek, scored the only goal of the match for Poland, whose participation begins on November 22, against the Mexican national team at Stadium 974, in Group C.