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It was what the Argentine team went through World Cup debut surprisingly losing to Saudi Arabia.
When the Albicelesti were most in danger, Messi took the lead from a penalty before a charge from the VAR. They had more goals in the first half, they had the ball and it seemed they had the second ready – which Martínez scored, but this time the VAR didn’t let him-. Everything changes in the second half, the Asians emerge decisively from the draw they quickly find with Al Shehri; but the surprise would have been greater when Al Dawsari – Carrillo’s teammate in the Al-Hilal of the Arab championship -, after a great individual play, would have beaten ‘Dibu’ Martínez.
The minutes passed and the score did not change. Merit of the winners who were able to counter the rival. The Argentine team, one of the favorites in the fight for the title, must now know more about the team that defeated them after playing 36 games without losing.
On the other hand, France, the reigning world champions, managed to extinguish the heat that meant losing to enthusiastic Australia. With Mbappé, Griezmann and Giroud he confirmed that he is a serious candidate to reach the Scudetto twice.
