It was started by the “Saudi Green” .. It was flown by the “Carthage Eagles” and the “Atlas Lions” took advantage of it.

10 resounding surprises that shocked the World Cup fans

• Morocco surprised observers with a global technical level competing for the World Cup.

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• Wahbi Khazri scored a historic goal against France, the "world champion".

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• Saudi Saleh Al-Shehri played a great match against Argentina.

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The World Cup group tournament lined 10 resounding and unprecedented surprises in the history of the World Cup finals, most notably the signing of the Arab teams, starting with the Saudi victory over Argentina, and the honorable farewell to the Tunisian national team by defeating the world champion, the French team, and Morocco grabbing the top spot in its group, to become the first Arab team in the history of the World Cup. He gets two wins and a draw.

"Emirates Today" monitors the 10 resounding surprises, as follows:

1 Saudi Arabia is the biggest surprise

The Saudi national team launched its participation with a big surprise, the largest in the history of the World Cup finals, after it succeeded in overturning its delay in the first half, 1-0, against the Argentine national team, the most prominent candidate for the title, and supported by the legend Messi, to a well-deserved victory in the second half 2-1. However, Saudi hopes stopped at the group stage, losing to Poland (0-2), then Mexico (1-2).

2 The first Arab team to lead

The Moroccan national team became the first Arab team in the history of the World Cup, by collecting seven points, surpassing Croatia, the summer of the 2018 World Cup, and Belgium, the current world ranking runner-up, in an unprecedented achievement for the Moroccan national team, which achieved for the first time in the World Cup two victories and a draw, as it became the "Atlas Lions". The second African team to qualify for the final price without losing, after Nigeria 1998, and the second African team to qualify for the round of 16, accompanied by Senegal, after the 2014 edition.

3 Tunisia conquers the world champion

Last November 30, the Tunisian national team snatched a resounding victory by defeating the French team, the 2018 champion, in a victory that confirmed that the world of the round witch does not recognize history, but this victory was not enough for the “Carthage Eagles” to pass through to the 16th round, by occupying the center Third with four points in their fourth group.

4 ranked second outside the World Cup

The farewell of the world number two, the Belgian national team, from the group stage, overshadowed the 2022 edition, after Lukaku and his teammates failed to pass to the round of 16, by finishing third in their fourth group, after an unconvincing performance, and a single victory over Canada with a goal without a response, before A resounding fall against Morocco with two clean goals, the last of which was a negative draw against the Croatian national team.

5 Germany repeats the 2018 scenario

The German national team bid farewell to the World Cup by finishing third in its fifth group on goal difference, behind Spain the runner-up, and Japan the group leader, after the Germans suffered at the beginning of their career in Qatar losing to Japan with a score (1-2), then a tie against Spain, before winning. In the final round against Ghana (4-2), the German national team also scored an unprecedented negative number in the history of its participation in the World Cup finals, after failing for the first time in its career to win its first and second matches in the group stage, to bid farewell with its head bowed.

6 Cameroon is making history

The Cameroonian national team wrote a new history in the World Cup finals records by defeating Brazil 1-0, after becoming the first African team to be able to defeat the "Samba" magicians team in the history of the World Cup, but the Cameroonian victory, which came in the 92nd minute of the match, did not It wasn't enough, after they left the tournament with four points, behind Brazil and Switzerland.

7 The whole tag is missing

The 2022 World Cup group tournament was an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of the World Cup finals, as despite the presence of five teams that did not suffer defeat in any of their matches, namely Morocco, the Netherlands, England, Croatia and America, all the eight group leaders did not succeed in qualifying with the full mark.

8 is a negative number

The Qatari national team scored an unprecedented negative number in the history of the World Cup, after losing its first match against Ecuador (0-2), to be the first host team to lose its opening match, and followed it with a new negative number, after becoming the first host country team to lose all its matches in the group stage. .

9 Iran.. the worst appearance

The Iranian national team recorded its worst appearance in the history of its five participations in the World Cup finals, after suffering a heavy defeat against England (2-6), in an unprecedented defeat for the Iranians since their first participation in the World Cup in 1978, as the Iranian national team did not suffer a loss over the course of its matches in the World Cup by more than By two goals.

10 average goals less

The group stage in the 2022 World Cup was satisfied with achieving the lowest goals rate, compared to the last two editions, after the 48 matches in the Qatar Group League scored 120 goals, compared to 122 goals in the World Cup in Russia, and 135 goals in Brazil 2014. 

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