On November 22, Beijing time, in the first round of Group C of the World Cup group stage, Argentina faced Saudi Arabia. In the first half, Paredes was brought down in the opponent's penalty area, Messi hit a spot, Argentina 1-0 Saudi Arabia; In the second half, Saleh al-Shehri equalised for Saudi Arabia, and Salim al-Dosari contributed,
【Key Events of the Competition】
In the 10th minute, Messi deceived Alovais with a penalty and hit a left-footed shot to make Argentina 1-0 Saudi Arabia.
In the 48th minute, Messi's midfielder was cut off with the ball, and the Saudi side kicked straight to the front, the ball came to the feet of Saleh al-Shehri, he chose to hit the goal with his left foot, this ball crossed Martinez's ten fingers, Saudi Arabia 1-1 Argentina.
In the 54th minute, the Saudi side organized the attack by Argentina, Salim Dosari snatched the landing point in the box, then he dodged and fired a shot, Martinelli could not do anything, Saudi Arabia 2-1 Argentina.
Eight minutes into stoppage time in the second half, the game ended as Argentina was defeated 1-2 by Saudi Arabia.
【Starters and substitutions of both parties】
Argentina starters: 23 Martinez, 26 Molina, 13 Romero (59' 25 Lisandro Martinez), 19 Otamendi, 3 Tagliafio (71' 8 Acuña), 7 De Paul, 5 Paredes (59' 24 Enzo Fernandez), 17 Gomez (59' 9 Alvarez), 10 Messi, 22 Lautaro, 11 Di Maria
Argentine subs: 1 Almani, 12 Ruli, 2 Foys, 4 Montiel, 6 Pezzera, 14 Palacios, 16 Almada, 18 Guido Rodriguez, 20 McAllister, 15 Angel Correa, 21 Dybala
Saudi starters: 21-Mohammed Alawais, 13-Yasser Shahrani (90+8' 6-Mohammed Blake), 5-Ali Braishi, 17-Hassan Tambhakti, 12-Saud Abdulhamid , 8-Abdullah al-Malki, 7-Salman Faraj (45+3' 18-Nawaf al-Abbaed (88' 4-Abdullah Amri), 23-Mohammed Kanu, 10-Salim al-Dosari, 11- Saleh Shehri (78' 2-Sultan Hanam), 9-Filas Brykan (88' 25-Haitem al-Asiri)
Saudi subs: 1 Mohammed Al Yami, 22 Nawaf Azidi, 3 Abdullah Madou, 14 Abdullah Otaif, 15 Ali Hassan, 16 Sami Najib, 24 Nasser al-Dosari, 19 Khatan Bakhburi, 20 Al Abboud