Saudi Arabia and Argentina… pre-confrontation numbers

Al-Akhdar Al-Saudi will collide in its first match in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, at one o’clock tomorrow, Saudi time, with its Argentine counterpart in a strong meeting that all followers of the World Cup are waiting for, and it is the first meeting that sold out of tickets immediately after its presentation.

During the last period, and in preparation for the finals, the Saudi national team played three friendlies in preparation for its second consecutive participation in the World Cup, during which it achieved contradictory results, as it won the first meeting against Iceland with a goal without a response, and tied against Panama with a goal for each, and was defeated by Croatia with a goal without reply.

While the Argentine national team played only one friendly match in the recent period on the sidelines of its preparation for the World Cup, and it was against the Emirati white, and it ended with the overwhelming victory of the tango dancers, by five clean goals.

In view of the classification of the two teams, the last classification of the Saudi national team was ranked 53 in the world, and in sixth place in Asia, as it came in fifth place in the Arab world. Luck in the idea of ​​winning through the predictions that have been made so far, especially since the Argentine national team is living its best period in many years and is the most prepared according to the long series of defeat it has achieved so far, but the Saudi green, who qualifies for the finals for the sixth time in its history, aspires under the leadership of Frenchman Hervé Bernhard made the best participation in his history in the World Cup after qualifying for the round of 16 in the 1994 American edition, and he possesses the stars who are able to achieve the ambition of the Arab public.

Before the upcoming confrontation, the two teams faced each other in four matches, including one official match. The first match was in July 1988, during the friendly Australian Gold Cup tournament, and ended in a 2-2 draw.

As for the second match, it came a few days after the first match, as it was held to determine third place in the friendly Australian Gold Cup, and ended with Argentina winning with two clean goals.

While the only official match between Saudi Arabia and Argentina took place on the twentieth of October 1992, specifically in the final of the King Fahd Cup, which turned into the Confederations Cup later, and the Argentine national team was able to achieve a victory over Saudi Arabia 3-1, thanks to the goals of Leonardo Rodriguez and Claudio Caniggia, and Diego Simeone, while Saeed Al-Owairan scored Saudi Arabia’s only goal in the match.

The last match between Saudi Arabia and Argentina came in 2012, when King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh hosted a friendly match between the two teams, which ended in a goalless draw, and Messi participated in it in his only meeting with the Saudi Greens.