Arab football achieved the mark of excellence on the third day of the Qatar World Cup 2022, when the Saudi and Tunisian teams achieved a victory and a draw - respectively - against Argentina and Denmark, at the start of their participation in the World Cup.

At the opening of the Group C matches, the most optimistic Saudi fans did not expect that Al-Akhdar would succeed in overthrowing the Argentine national team, the 2021 Copa America champion and a strong candidate to play for the world title.

Thanks to the stars he possesses, led by Paris Saint-Germain player Lionel Messi, who was crowned with the Golden Ball on 7 occasions.

But the revolution of Nawaf Al-Abed's colleagues - in the second half of the confrontation that was hosted by Lusail Stadium and started by the Tango team with a goal from a penalty kick for Messi - dispelled Argentina's aspirations in the World Cup from the widest doors, and stopped a long series of 36 matches in which the Tango team did not taste defeat.

And the Saudi hurricane struck hard - at the beginning of the second half, specifically between the 48th and 53rd minutes - as Saleh Al-Shehri managed to equalize with a crawling ball with his left, despite the intervention of Christian Romero, then it was the turn of the "Tornado" Salem Al-Dosari, who made a wonderful technical move inside the region, to skip Defenders and launches a powerful ball into the far corner of the Argentine goal.

Al-Shehri, who scored the first goal for Saudi Arabia, said, "We were very confident in ourselves, and we proved that we are on a great level of challenge, and if anyone works to achieve his goal, nothing can stop him, and we aspire to reach the final price, and this is the first step. We have the opportunity to play two matches, After this victory, it is forbidden not to qualify."

⚽️🇸🇦 Saleh Al-Shehri equalized the score in favor of the Saudi national team with a strong left kick

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With this victory, Saudi Arabia detonated one of the biggest surprises in the history of the World Cup finals, in addition to the victory of the United States over England 1-0 in 1950, North Korea over Italy 1-0 in 1966, Algeria over West Germany 2-1 in Spain in 1982 and Senegal over France. (1-0) in 2002.

The stars of the sky are smiling green

Modern technology stood by the Saudi national team, which conceded 3 goals in the first half, which the referee canceled due to offside, and the French coach of Saudi Arabia, Herve Renard, summed it up by saying, "All the stars in the sky smiled at us. We were bad in the first half, and we did not apply the pressure as it should."

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"We celebrated this victory for 20 minutes, but we must not forget that we will play two difficult matches. You can win the first match and then lose the next two matches and be deposited. Let's celebrate this victory, but we have to be ready for the next match. When you play the World Cup, Anything can happen."

"We made history, and that will remain forever, but we need to look forward and keep our feet on the ground," he told AFP.

Argentina entered the tournament as one of the most prominent candidates to win the title, led by its star Lionel Messi, who admitted that the loss constituted a "harsh blow" and a "painful defeat", according to his statements in the mixed area of ​​Lusail Stadium.

Messi added, "We did not think we would start like this, we thought we would start well, with a win and 3 points, as we said before the match, that would have made us more comfortable, but we must not lose confidence in ourselves."

As for Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni, he stressed that the most important thing now is to "get up before facing Mexico, which is a difficult opponent, as is the case with all teams participating in the World Cup." He stressed that his team is required to win the next two matches, and said that opportunities still exist to qualify through the group.

By winning against Mexico and Poland.

Tunisia shines in front of Denmark

In the fourth group, the Tunisian national team came out with a valuable point from an exciting and heated confrontation against its Danish counterpart at the Education City Stadium.

The Carthage Eagles team - the best party in the match - decided its result in a draw without goals, after all the attacks led by Issam Al-Jabali and his colleagues - especially in the first half - failed in front of the brilliance of Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

The Tunisian national team avoided defeat in its opening match, but was unable - in return - to achieve victory at the start of its matches, in its last 5 participations in the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2018 editions.

A dangerous opportunity for Tunisia in the 10th minute

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Tunisia midfielder Issa Al-Aidouni said, "We entered the match with a great desire to defend the colors of this shirt, and our will was to snatch points, and we knew that this matter would be difficult against Denmark, which has a strong team, and we did not come here for a draw; rather, to achieve a good result and win."

In statements reported by Agence France-Presse, Al-Eidouni - who was chosen as the man of the match - said, "I am happy with my participation in the World Cup, but the most important thing is the good result achieved by the team and the performance made by the players, and after that comes the best player award that I received and I am happy with it, and I hope we will continue." We shone against Australia in the second round."

Carthage Eagles almost opened the scoring!

Issa Al-Eidouni takes advantage of a rebound from the defense in the penalty area and launches it very powerfully with his right foot, but it passes a few centimeters over the crossbar.

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For his part, Tunisian national team coach Jalal Kadri said, "The Tunisian fans played a big role in today's result, and this is something we have known since the Arab Cup last year, but today there was the effort of the players and the whole group, and we showed strong technical and tactical strength. We deserve this point." .

Al-Qadri expressed - during the press conference after the match - his satisfaction with the result and the performance, adding, "In this match, if we see its course, and the goal of every coach is to win, but we played with a great team that has great potential, and we succeeded in keeping up with it, and we must salute the players. What was it?" We lack today only effectiveness in front of the goal, and we did not create many chances, perhaps one or two, and we must know how to take advantage of these opportunities in the next matches.”