The King of Saudi Arabia made a public holiday out of the national team's win over Argentina in the World Cup.
State media said that the news is a feather in the cap of the crown prince. At the opening of the tournament on Sunday, Prince Mohammed was at the center of attention.
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One of Prince Mohammed's brothers posted pictures on social media showing the crown prince prostrating in thanks to God in a room where his other brother, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz, was also present.
It was a sweet moment for the conservative Muslim country of Qatar, which faced intense criticism over its human rights record. The emir draped the Saudi flag over his shoulders. A skyscraper in the city flashed a green sign.
That's amazing!" Right now, I have all the feelings. "We beat Argentina, one of the great teams!" exclaimed a man wearing a green Saudi Falcons scarf.
Everything went smoothly inside the stadium today. It was really great.
On his fifth and final quest for the only major trophy to elude him, Messi, 35, scored a 10th minute penalty in a dominant first half display by Argentina on Tuesday.
At the start of the second half, Saudi Arabia, the second lowest ranked team in the tournament, charged at Argentina's defence in front of a frenzied 88,012 crowd.
The players were up to the task and we wiped them off. They depended on one player and we competed as a team and wiped them off the map. Saudi fan Abdelaziz al-Kwatem said to watch out for Saudi Arabia.
There was a long line of cars with women in them waving the Saudi flag. The children were celebrating.
The gravity of the victory will sink in as time goes on. Prior to Tuesday's game, Saudi Arabia had never won a World Cup match.
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Mohammed Alowais, who made two key saves late in the game to preserve the win, was almost subdued at the end.
Alowais said that he was very happy about the result against the team. We've prepared ourselves." Hopefully, we'll have better results in the future. We got our three points in the last minutes.
Not in the final moments. Salem Aldawsari and Saleh Alshehri scored goals early in the second half despite being down by a goal.
Adding time at the end of the match at the referee's discretion, held one of the tournament favorites at bay.
"All the stars aligned for us," said Renard, who won the African Cup of Nations in 2012 and again in 2015.
GP | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 - S. Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
2 - Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 - Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 - Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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He was the coach of the World Cup in Russia. Saudi Arabia was taken over by him.
Renard made history for Saudi football. It will stay for a long time. It's the most important. We still have two very difficult games to play, so we need to look forward.
The players were told to limit their celebrations to 20 minutes.
He said that was all. There are more than one game left.
They need to beat Poland on Saturday and then take on Mexico next week.
There is a possibility that Messi and Argentina underestimated Saudi Arabia. Argentina is the 3rd ranked country.
He said that the motivation is not the same as playing Brazil.
This report was made using information from the Associated Press.