In the World Cup Group C showdown, a thrilling comeback took place on Tuesday (22) evening. Despite Argentina taking the lead thanks to a penalty kick scored by Mays shortly after the opening goal, Saudi Arabia quickly turned the tables with a two-goal margin in the second half to pull off a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory over Argentina in an 18-fold cold miracle. Argentina, who had three shots blown for offside in the match, were destined to struggle to impose themselves, while Mezza, who is hell-bent on realizing his dream of winning his last World Cup, is feared to face an even bigger challenge.
Despite the difference in strength between the two teams, title favorites Argentina started the game with an aggressive attack. Less than two minutes later, Di Maria launched an attack from the right and Mez fired a shot that was only saved by goalkeeper Ioves with one hand.
Argentina's attack continued and in the 7th minute, midfielder Berlidis was pulled down by an opponent in the box and after the VAR system confirmed it, the referee awarded a penalty kick, which was the fifth World Cup final week for Mez, who scored the penalty with ease to become the first player in Argentina's history to score in all four World Cups, and if you exclude his nationality, he also became the fifth player to achieve this feat, the first four being Billy, Schirra, Golus and Cron.
In the 22nd minute, Mez had another good chance to score, but his one-touch shot was ruled offside. Just five minutes later, Nadalu Martinez's one-touch goal was also ruled offside, and then the Inter Milan striker scored another offside goal, and Argentina suffered three consecutive "black whistles", leading only 1-0 at half-time.
The game took a turn for the worse when the match resumed. In the 48th minute, Saudi Arabia intercepted the ball in the midfield and immediately launched a counterattack, and Eshouhili scored from a narrow angle to make the score 1-1. less than five minutes later, Aidashani added another goal to help Saudi Arabia go back up to 2-1.
Argentina had a chance to equalize in the 62nd minute, but Daliafico's close-range shot was valiantly saved by Ioves. Di Maria's shot was also caught solidly by Ioves, and Mez's penalty kick went over the crossbar, and he made a rare header, but it was also blocked by Ioves, breaking Argentina's unbeaten streak.
