Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina at the World Cup. There is a time and a place for it.
There are no excuses for Argentina's loss to Saudi Arabia.
Messi's 10th-minute penalty gave Argentina a lead at Lusail Stadium, but it was not enough.
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The result will go down as one of the greatest upsets in the history of the World Cup, but Lionel Messi insists there is a way back for his team.
Messi was asked how his teammates felt after the game. The person is dead. We did not expect this to happen.
Messi said they expected the three points to give them calmness. It happens for a reason. We have to win and it depends on us.
There's no excuse. We are going to be more unified. The group has shown it's strength. We haven't gone through this situation in a while. We need to show that this is not a joke.
He said that it was a painful loss but that they needed to trust themselves. The page must be turned and we must move on. What went wrong needs to be analysed. We need to focus on the positives and not worry about Mexico.
Saudi Arabia's manager Herve Renard suggested that Argentina might not have been motivated enough.
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Messi told fans that they will turn their World Cup campaign around when they face Mexico and Poland.
Messi said to have faith. They will not be left stranded.
Saudi Arabia is a team with good players and they push the defensive line a lot. We rushed while we worked on it. The base of who we are is what we have to return to. We need to think about the future.
On the back of a 36- match winning streak, Argentina would have equalled Italy as the national team with the longest winning streak in history.
After the defeat, Lionel Scaloni promised that his team would still qualify from Group C.
| GP | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - S. Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 2 - Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 - Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 - Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Top two countries qualify for round of 16 |
They only had two shots on goal.
We have to wake up. We need to keep going and have our heads up. We need to win our next games because we are hurting.
We still believe the same things we did before. Things don't go your way at the World Cup and you can be infinitely superior.
Losing is never good. We came into the World Cup on a positive note. It would end eventually.
We have two group games that we are going to win.
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