Doha: Argentina will play their first match in the Qatar World Cup on November 22. The opponents are Saudi Arabia. This time, Messi and his team took the flight from Buenos Aires to Qatar with the assurance that they will not return without winning the cup. Argentina are on the wings of confidence at the moment with an unbeaten run of 36 games. Opening opponents Saudi Arabia are also underdogs in the group.
Most of the Argentine team players are known to the world from Lionel Messi, Di Maria and Otmenti. They are famous and prominent players in international clubs from PSG to Sevilla. Only Lionel Messi has worn the boots in 165 international matches. Di Maria in all 124 games. Thiago Almada, who has only played one game, is also in the Argentina squad.
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But how many of you know the name of at least one star from Saudi Arabia? That is the specialty of this competition. Many fans see the game against Saudi Arabia as a game for Argentina to get off to the best possible start in this World Cup. Everyone who plays in the Argentinian team are stars of the main clubs. But all the stars in Saudi only play in the Saudi Pro League. Therefore, it cannot be assumed that they will be able to defend against Argentina in any way.
Saudi Arabia has only one player who has played in La Liga. It is Al Dausari. Saudi attacking midfielder. Dausari played for Villarreal under an agreement between the Saudi Football Federation and La Liga. Dausari managed to come on as a substitute in a match against Real Madrid that day. He currently stars for Al Hilal in the Saudi Pro League.
Another promising player for Saudi Arabia is Salman Al Faraj. a Saudi favorite in defensive midfield. This is his third World Cup game. Al Faraj scored in the only penalty shootout of Saudi Arabia’s 2018 World Cup win.
Saudi hope in defense is Yasser Al Shahrani. Shahrani has been the most consistent player in the World Cup qualifiers. But it remains to be seen whether the Saudi defense will be able to contain Argentina’s forward line, which includes Messi and Di Maria.
It is believed that Saudi Arabia will play in a 4-5-1 format in the first match against Argentina. In the middle of the field Dausari, Faraj, Bahebri, Nadey and Sharahili will control the game while the youngster Al Buraikan is expected to lead the attack.
The fact is that none of the matches played in the first few days of this World Cup are promising for the Asian teams. In the opening match, Qatar lost to Ecuador by two one-sided goals. This was the first time in the history of the World Cup that the host nation lost the opening game. The fate of the Asian team was to suffer a miserable defeat in the match between England and Iran which took place the other day.
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