The Argentina vs Saudi Arabia World Cup Group C match will take place on Tuesday, November 22 at 12pm at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail and will be broadcast live on TVR 1.
Argentina, the bookies’ second favorites to win the trophy behind Brazil, started in which they should have no trouble against Saudi Arabia, the two representative teams meeting in one of the most lopsided matches since the World Cup in Qatar.
Argentina won the World Cup twice, in 1978 and 1986, and played in three more finals, in 1930, 1990 and 2014, while Saudi Arabia made six finals appearances, managing to reach the round of 16 at the tournament against the United States. (1994).
Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina finished second in the South American qualifiers with 39 points from 17 matches (the last one, against Brazil, the winners of the qualifiers, was cancelled), without losing.
The Cougars were followed by the CONMEBOL-UEFA final between the Copa America and Euro 2020 winners, in which they beat Italy 3-0 (Lautaro 28, Di Maria 45+1 and Dybala 90+4). .
In the last friendly match before the debut at the 2022 World Cup, Argentina beat the United Arab Emirates 5-0 in Abu Dhabi, goals were scored by H. Alvarez (17), Di Maria (25, 36), Messi (44) and Belt . (60).
Note that if Lionel Messi plays at least three games in Qatar, he will surpass Diego Maradona’s World Cup attendance record (now he has 19, and 21).
Saudi Arabia surprisingly qualified for the final tournament in Qatar by winning a group that also included Japan and Australia, two national teams with much higher rankings and players from top teams in Europe and Asia.
Instead, Herve Renard’s men are all competing in the domestic championship, with the star of the team being Salem Al-Dawsari, nicknamed “Tornada”, who will be participating in his second World Cup since 2018 in Russia.
In the last friendly match before the star-studded World Cup 2022, Saudi Arabia lost to Croatia in Riyadh with a score of 0:1 (Kramaric, 82).
The two teams have met twice before, with Argentina winning once (3-1 in the 1992 Confederations Cup) and drawing the other time (0-0 in a friendly in 2012).
Superbet offers odds of 1.60 Halftime/Final 1/1: Argentina lead at half-time and win the match against Saudi Arabia.
| Argentina – Saudi Arabia | 1/1 | ||
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| Share it | 1.60 |
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