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• Messi's first appearance in the World Cup in Qatar against Saudi Arabia.

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• Messi's first appearance in the World Cup in Qatar against Saudi Arabia.

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Argentine star Lionel Messi takes the first step of his last dance in the ranks of the "Albiceleste" team, when he faces his Saudi counterpart at Lusail Stadium, today, in the third group competitions of the Qatar 2022 World Cup in football, which is witnessing a confrontation between Poland and Mexico at Stadium 974.

Messi, who won the Golden Ball seven times, said on the sixth of last October that the 2022 edition will be his last, and there is no doubt that he wants it to be the culmination of a triumphant march during which he won all possible titles in the ranks of Barcelona, ​​​​Spain, and then Paris Saint-Germain, France, and he also crowned his country in the Copa America in 2018. 2021 to lead it to its first continental title since 1993.

Messi, 35, is participating in his fifth World Cup, and his most prominent result was his runner-up in the 2014 Brazil edition.

Coach Lionel Scaloni has a homogeneous and solid squad that, in addition to Messi, relies on veteran Angel Di Maria, Juventus winger, and Inter striker Lautaro Martinez, in addition to the attacking duo Christian Romero from Tottenham, England, and Lisandro Martinez from Manchester United, too.

On the other hand, the Saudi national team must play the match of its life if it wants to achieve a positive result against Argentina.

The Saudi national team, which includes 12 players from Al Hilal, the Asian champion, has enjoyed technical stability since French coach Herve Renard took over his training in July 2019, when he succeeded in leading him to the finals for the sixth time in his history after leading a group that included Japan and Australia.

The Saudi national team dreams of repeating the dream of qualifying for the final price round, as it did in its first participation in the 1994 World Cup in America, when its star Saeed Al-Owairan scored the historic winning goal against Belgium, before Al-Akhdar lost against Sweden 1-3.

Ronard has great experience in continental and international tournaments, after he led Zambia to the first title in the 2012 African Nations, and then succeeded in achieving the same achievement with Ivory Coast three years later, to become the first coach to win this honor with two different teams in the continental championship, and he also led Morocco. In the World Cup Russia 2018.

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