The Saudi national team bid farewell to the World Cup. The final standings of Group C and Messi
The Saudi dream of achieving a historic result and advancing to the round of 16 evaporated after losing to Mexico 2-1 in a strong match in which the Saudi national team suffered from many injuries and absences that greatly affected the national team in the last match, so that the match ended with the victory of Mexico, who needed to win by a big score. And the loss of Poland, but this certainly did not happen.
Mexico managed to score two goals within five minutes at the beginning of the second half to defeat Saudi Arabia 2-1, but the two teams were eliminated together from the group stage of the FIFA World Cup and the brilliant goalkeeper Mohammed Al Owais denied Mexico from scoring in the first half, but he was unable to prevent Henry Martin from He scored after a corner kick three minutes after the break, Luis Chavez doubled the score with a perfect free kick after only five minutes to frustrate the fans of the Arab national team, and Salem Al-Dossary narrowed the difference for Saudi Arabia in stoppage time, to reach his third goal in his participation in the World Cup.
Argentina beat Poland 2-0 thanks to two goals in the second half at the end of the Group C competitions, so that the two teams qualified together for the round of sixteen in the World Cup, and Alexis McAllister scored the first goal after the break in one minute, and Julian Alvarez added the second goal in the 67th minute, to succeed. Argentina compensated for Lionel Messi's missed penalty kick in the first half.
Argentina scored six points from three matches and clinched the top of the group after recovering from a 2-1 loss against Saudi Arabia in the opening round, in one of the biggest surprises in the history of the tournament.
Poland's balance froze at four points, but it snatched second place and secured qualification by one goal from third-placed Mexico, which has the same balance, by winning 2-1 over bottom-ranked Saudi Arabia.
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