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Yeah. Credit to Pablo for keeping his confidence and pointing out the possible changes in the team which were actually were made from the next game onwards
What’s impressive is that Saudi Arabia didn’t just come into this game and park the bus. They’ve actually won here by playing an incredibly high line and getting their tactics spot on.
Argentine side look confused. Specially their mid and defense. They were playing so carelessly, passing aimlessly throughout the game. Even when they conceded the two goals Argentine defense looked careless, they weren’t charging them or putting pressure on them. It almost seemed like they didn’t believe Saudi could convert those chances in goal. Serves them right for underestimating their opponents. At least they have a chance to make amends for their mistake by winning the next two
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that. Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well. Arabic bots in TH-cam Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
Credit?? Haha. If they didn't nullify all those goals, argentina would have won. One foot is not offsides since it doesn't give an unfair advantage. Next they'll say "his finger was offside, no goal." World cup is dead.
@@imawormbeforeiamman6052 one elbow/foot is not offsides since it doesn't give an unfair advantage. Next they'll say "his finger was offside, no goal." World cup is dead.
Won the 2012 Afcon with Zambia when no one expected it Won the 2015 Afcon with Ivory Coast Took Morocco to their first World Cup in 2018 after 20 years Now this Beating World Cup favorite Argentina with Saudi Arabia Hervé Renard ladies n gentleman is International Football Heritage
@@ericdesmond5292 my point is guus hiddink is the greatest Internacional coach Took holland to the semifinal of france 98 Took South Korea to the semifinal of the 2002 World Cup Took Australia and qualify to their first World Cup since 1974 and got them to the last 16 and could’ve went to the quarterfinals if matterzi never dived So he’s not as great as gus hiddink
Argentina really weren't bad, they created chances but the Saudi defenders and the keeper won this for them. All credit to Saudi Arabia who flat out outplayed Argentina!
They had 3 shots all game would hardly say they outplayed them, they got the win but they never outplayed Argentina apart from the 2 mins where the goals came
Saying the high line is easy to deal with is like saying it’s something that shouldn’t be implemented. All these players faced teams with a high line before and lost. The only reason they say it shouldn’t matter is because it’s “Saudi Arabia” even though they implemented the system better than a lot of big clubs.
Argentina got found out today and when they get pumped by a real team like Germany or Spain who press better and have better players then all the Messi fans will realise their love for him blinded them and they forgot how average this Argentina side is without him and in their unbeaten run they only played 1 top 10 nation in terms of rankings so idk why Argentina were the favourites for the tournament they have a weak backline mentally and quality wise and an average midfield their attack has talent but Di Maria and papu are past it and that was there for everyone to see today they will get found out mark my words Saudi played well and exposed Argentina’s weaknesses on the ball and all the space behind their fullbacks for counter attacks s alone needs to stop using 442 otherwise later on they will be screwed
High line is far easier to deal with than anything else. When man city faced liverpool at the etihad last season they abused liverpools high line but they didnt convert their chances. The game ended 2-2 because city didnt fi ish their chances and liverpool were experts at offside trap. These saudi dudes had no clue howbto implement it,they barely did anything to implement the offside trap,itbwas often the argentina players being dumb and completely forgetting that offside exists
@@niranjanrajesh1058 Stfu with that Saudis had no clue how to implement a high line. The precision with which they held their back line was phenomenal. They took full advantage of their physicality and their defence and offensive line was so compact that Argentina's midfield just disappeared. Messi was disappointing in the match along with every other player save for Di Maria and Lautaro. Argentina's passing was like a Sunday league team, no creativity, no triangles, I saw so many spaces where a player could have moved in to create plays and then disrupt the Saudi backline with slick passes and quick transition but all that happened was slow sideways passing and a bunch of nervous lads who cowered under Saudis intensity and aggression. Saudi executed their tactics to a T and Argentina played like a pack of anxious amateurs. They need to fix up their tactics or else it's goodbye to the world cup dream.
Two of Argentina’s biggest weaknesses came to the fore today. The first one is the lack of elite athleticism, especially in attack. Saudi Arabia could have never played such a high line against France or Brazil. They would have gotten destroyed. Argentina just don’t have any fast attackers. The other weakness, if one can call it that, is the fact that they’ve basically gotten ahead of every opponent during their unbeaten streak; they’re not using to chasing a game. When they were finally confronted with such a scenario, they didn’t know how to cope.
Being in the AFC, I have watched a few games with KSA and they are slippery, quick and focused. They are a good team and sometimes very good. Well done. Cheers from Australia.
It's funny that Di Maria said "Argentina could easily beat Saudi Arabia 5-0", taking in consideration the disallowed goals, missing the entire point of KSA's play system. Renard of Saudi Arabia had implemented a high line defense system with an offside trap that once was forgotten among coaches, and it worked successfully in the first half seven times!! So it's not about luck and wasting open opportunities, it's about a working system which made the Argentinean all over the place in the second half.
Saudi arabia have their own merits but argentina was the cause of their own demise being unable to keep cool becuase lets be honest they have the better squad.
I live in California and I woke up at 2 am to catch the game. I am glad I did! I saw one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history in the group stages. Sometimes all you need is 5 minutes of magic to make an upset. The first goal from Saudi Arabia was surprising. The second one was quality! Group C is the most interesting group so far!
Only one pundit spoke about the Saudi brilliance. Yet no one talked about the best goal of the tournament so far and the quality of Aldossary against three defenders.
As someone who also lives in California, I woke up to check the score and saw Messi scored a penalty. I went right back to sleep afterwards thinking it was taken care of. I woke up later for the Mexico match and learned Argentina fumbled their lead lmao
Messi outscored and assisted the second best player in Neymar by many goal contributions so don’t say it’s a nothing cup because Neymar is electric. Ronaldo never gets scrutinized for his WC performances. This year he’s got his best team possible better than Argentina’s by far.
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that. Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well. Arabic bots in TH-cam Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
Not really. Now both teams are poised to at least get a draw against Argentina with a chance to advance. They might assume SA was a fluke so, they have a chance each to beat them. Mexico can be difficult in Argentina's next game and they feel emboldened after Uchoa's save if Argentina draw, they are basically out.
Lionel Scoloni made a sin for not bringing on Angel Correa. He's one of those players that is great in hugging that offside line without getting caught. Plus he is really good in close-quartors football.
I love Espn fc but one thing i don't like about is you guys don't appreciate what small teams do, you talk about what went wrong for Argentina, how weak the defense is but no one talked about how good the Saudi players were, beating about 3 Argentina players and the shot to goal, imagine if Messi, Di maria, lautaro had scored that goal, i cant imagine the adjectives Ale would be using ' incredible, beautiful and the rest
People keep overlooking the fact that Messi just freaking walks around the field, not defending and just waiting for the ball, for PSG, and for Argentina, that's why you cannot win tough competitions because teams who all contribute to defending and attacking will beat you.
Nah but fr tho… the German machine in 2014…. Messi is an amazing player but yeah, just like people bad mouth Ronaldo for not pressing people praise Messi for walking around constantly looking around till he gets the ball…
@@IForgetWhatISay Germany 2014 was electric in all round contribution in team. People always disagree with me when I say they absolutely deserved the World Cup that year even ahead of Argentina.
He used to do the same in Barcelona and he always got carried by his superstar teammates. My grandfather would score too if Iniesta passed him the ball.
Yeah. I was thinking about this. These people will blame ronaldo alone. They will tell that how ronaldo's presence in team made Portugal lost a match. And also if it was ronaldo in place of messi everyone will troll ronaldo calling him as penaldo who just score penalty only.
Absolutely correct, never his fault it's everyone else even though he missed a couple really good chances, lots of people saying being good in the air doesn't matter but Messi screwed up a perfectly easy header
@@joeyscardamaglia6483 at the end of the day he is a 5'7 man and 35 and honestly has the highest expectations in world football right now coz he the GOAT
Are we going to forget Lionel Messi losing the ball that led to Saudi Arabia scoring the equaliser??? If this was Ronaldo we would never hear the end of it.
@@priyashmukherjee3015 Do you really think any other player of Ronaldo's stature doesn't have big ego? If you think so then are in denial. You r just blindly believing in what these media potrays.
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that. Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well. Arabic bots in TH-cam Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
If it was Ronaldo ESPN will be bashing him from every angle but it’s their favourite baby boy who got BBQ by the Saudis well said frank credit to the Saudi Coach and Dan is correct Messi needs to contribute more
Now they are saying that Messi was ok because he scored a penalty! Last season ronaldo was scoring Hatt tricks but as long as man utd was beaten, he was identified as the problem!!
Whenever the story is related to Messi, your comments are automatically about CR7 and the whole "if it was CR7 then..., now that it is Messi then bla bla bla.... and you fail to see how your obsession is playing directly into the very thing you hate. Just try and STFU about messi and ronaldo, and who knows...you just might see other things to enjoy in football.
Ale is spot on! Argentina overlooked the opposition. Thought they gonna take it home so easy. This is world cup, not a friendly match. Every team plays all out.
@@pedromata133 We've actually beaten them 5 times in our history. We drew 14 times, and lost 16. While not a great record, the 14 draws does indeed give me hope we can do something. Here's to hoping.
@@ADK_7 Mexico has more technical players. They also tend to play the same way the saudis did. Basically all of North America plays that way against much more technical teams like Argentina. High defensive line, lots of pressure, counter attack. Mexico has better players to score.
😂Win streaks dont mean you’re going to keep winning, it’s basically a countdown to the loss that breaks the streak. You should be happy to know that they got this loss out the way now and not later in the knockout stages because it was never going to last 👍
@@SiddharthVaz i told some clown people the same thing...that spanish side was more talented than this and most importantly they had leaders..who are the leaders for this argentina team🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that. Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well. Arabic bots in TH-cam Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
Saudi Arabia played great from the start of the game. Did not sit back rather they pressed from the start, worked the high line to perfection and then took their chances when they came. Finally defended heroically everyone of their players. Real team performance, credit where it is due.
They will still leave the group stage because they took the weakest group in the cup, but now I think that Argentina loses some of its favoritism against strong teams.
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that. Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well. Arabic bots in TH-cam Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
I am not impressed by Argentina on the basis of what I saw today. But it’s still wrong to make a prediction based upon the result of only one game. Let’s wait and see how they perform against Mexico on Saturday.
@@hsafootballworld1321 nothing new here we have seen it many times that asian countries blows the opponent sometimes, I still count Argentina as a title contender
Saudi Arabia did a Real Madrid kind of UCL remontada on Argentina. Great job to Saudi Arabia. Their coach deserves credit, the players too. The Saudi keeper and defenders were dogged too.
Scaloni quite simply got it wrong. You either play a 5-3-2 or 3-5-2 depending on the caliber of team that you're up against. A high line is easily beatable if you just play the ball fast through the middle...Lo Celso must be in the midfield to create plays.
Everyone in that studio hyped them too much! Shaka wanted to make up for his poor takes that he did it even worse “Argentina will win the world Cup” please… Hopefully their humbled now and stop overhyping them!
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that. Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well. Arabic bots in TH-cam Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
as a saudi i have to thank Renard tbh, he was such great guidance and motivation to the Saudi team. our kingdom is filled with pride fot the victory of our team 🇸🇦🤍🇸🇦🤍🇸🇦
11:50 yo can you talk about that rocket goal dude????? 😂😂😂 dude i swear man. Ok keep ignore naming the players and talking about the goals, that is shameful
Messi easily the most protected player ever. Argentina are very lucky Mexico and Poland both struggled to score and that Ochoa is a beast in world cups.
There is a reason why he is protected, he’s earned it. Everyone with a good set of eyes knows that Messi is the best player to play football. This game with Saudi Arabia had Messi on lock due to the high lines, and a player like Lo Celso would have helped Messi break the lines. It’s easy to point fingers at Messi, but that’s just ignorant.
@@vic9303 you can say Messi is the best player of this generation. But it’s not completely right to say he is the best player to ever play. He is definitely one of the best. Most probably top 3 of all time.
@@calm123 yeah because Maradona was in the back playing defense and goalkeeping. World Cup is a team achievement, not individual. Messi career was way more consistent than Maradona, which automatically makes him the better player.
I am from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 and I really appreciate Yan’s comments about the work that the team had to put to win this match. What makes me more happy is that the win was deserved and we didn’t set back and parked the bus, but we played at the front foot and challenged Argentina 🇦🇷.
Saudi Arabia is my new favorite team. That second goal you all made is by far my favorite goal of the whole tournament so far. I’m blown away. Absolutely incredible performance.
If you saw how the Saudi captain, was screaming the game plan to his team at half time. You'll appreciate how they stuck to the game plan. There was no point in the second half where I thought they looked weak and would let Argentina back in the game...What a game!!🤩🤩 Congratulations to the better team on the day🥳🥳🥳🥳
Instead of looking to find someone to blame in Argentina's squad, why can't anyone acknowledge the Saudis just overperformed, AND, the Argentinians DID respect the Saudis, they were just tactically outsmarted.
So messi being 35 and not making runs in behind is ok. But ronaldo being 38 and not pressing all game long is just not enough and gets slander. Pathetic
There was one moment when ronero had the ball and looked up and messi and di Maria were offside so he passed sideways when can tell he was planning to just punt in forward knowing lots of space behind and expecting forwards to run onto it
That win streak was way to hyped up. They beat 2 good teams, Brazil and Italy. What makes this great was the amount of people gobbing off yesterday, it’s only Iran.
I've been saying this for months and no one pays attention to me, of these 36 games without losing, only 2 games were against Brazil (the Copa America final with a not very exciting victory by 1-0 and a game in the qualifiers by 0-0 and Brazil was without several players) and the game against Italy by 3x0, the other 33 games Argentina was clearly the favorite in all because it faced weaker opponents
All those overvaluations of Argentina's victory at the Copa America 2021 and Finalissima 2022 just to see them lose against Saudi Arabia 2:1 at the World Cup 😂
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Is anyone here after Argentina won the world cup?
i am
Yeah. Credit to Pablo for keeping his confidence and pointing out the possible changes in the team which were actually were made from the next game onwards
Yep, apparently Pablo knows what he is talking about--Alvarez, Licha & Mac Allister, he knows PL and these players well.
Me🤣😁🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
you wrote that even before they played the semi?
What’s impressive is that Saudi Arabia didn’t just come into this game and park the bus. They’ve actually won here by playing an incredibly high line and getting their tactics spot on.
And their finishes. Both the goals were extraordinary.
Argentine side look confused. Specially their mid and defense. They were playing so carelessly, passing aimlessly throughout the game. Even when they conceded the two goals Argentine defense looked careless, they weren’t charging them or putting pressure on them. It almost seemed like they didn’t believe Saudi could convert those chances in goal. Serves them right for underestimating their opponents. At least they have a chance to make amends for their mistake by winning the next two
Bro you literally copy pasted talkfcb’s tweet lmao
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that.
Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well.
Arabic bots in TH-cam
Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
Lets just say saudi didnt just get lucky with 2 goals. Long stretches of play they looked like the better team.
This match changed world cup for Argentina, Messi is in the final, he will win the World cup
And he did
@@osamasarhan6151 yep
i don’t know who you are but i love u
Can’t believe that Messi and Argentina proved these pundits so wrong 😂🎉
Credit where credit is due. That was simply master-class defending by KSA. What a disciplined squad we just saw.
I wouldn't say "masterclass" , some of those offsides were a matter of inches....
@@2011hwalker it's still offside
This is football things like this will happen people need to grow up
Credit?? Haha. If they didn't nullify all those goals, argentina would have won. One foot is not offsides since it doesn't give an unfair advantage. Next they'll say "his finger was offside, no goal." World cup is dead.
@@imawormbeforeiamman6052 one elbow/foot is not offsides since it doesn't give an unfair advantage. Next they'll say "his finger was offside, no goal." World cup is dead.
Now Argentina won the world Cup 🏆⚽
Won the 2012 Afcon with Zambia when no one expected it
Won the 2015 Afcon with Ivory Coast
Took Morocco to their first World Cup in 2018 after 20 years
Now this Beating World Cup favorite Argentina with Saudi Arabia
Hervé Renard ladies n gentleman is International Football Heritage
But moroco couldn’t get out from the group stage
He’s not the next gus hiddink
@@Frankieefootballmundial Give him his flowers
@@ericdesmond5292 my point is guus hiddink is the greatest Internacional coach
Took holland to the semifinal of france 98
Took South Korea to the semifinal of the 2002 World Cup
Took Australia and qualify to their first World Cup since 1974 and got them to the last 16 and could’ve went to the quarterfinals if matterzi never dived
So he’s not as great as gus hiddink
Zambian here thanks for shouting us out bro😀
Argentina really weren't bad, they created chances but the Saudi defenders and the keeper won this for them. All credit to Saudi Arabia who flat out outplayed Argentina!
Word the goalie made some good saves!
@@twixotic04 one of those saves reminded me of the save which gordon banks made off Pele in 1970 wc
They had 3 shots all game would hardly say they outplayed them, they got the win but they never outplayed Argentina apart from the 2 mins where the goals came
Most of the chances they created were offside. They got to score an easy penalty but fail to control the matches. Argentina performed bad.
Lies again? Marine Soldier
Saying the high line is easy to deal with is like saying it’s something that shouldn’t be implemented. All these players faced teams with a high line before and lost. The only reason they say it shouldn’t matter is because it’s “Saudi Arabia” even though they implemented the system better than a lot of big clubs.
Argentina got found out today and when they get pumped by a real team like Germany or Spain who press better and have better players then all the Messi fans will realise their love for him blinded them and they forgot how average this Argentina side is without him and in their unbeaten run they only played 1 top 10 nation in terms of rankings so idk why Argentina were the favourites for the tournament they have a weak backline mentally and quality wise and an average midfield their attack has talent but Di Maria and papu are past it and that was there for everyone to see today they will get found out mark my words Saudi played well and exposed Argentina’s weaknesses on the ball and all the space behind their fullbacks for counter attacks s alone needs to stop using 442 otherwise later on they will be screwed
High line is far easier to deal with than anything else. When man city faced liverpool at the etihad last season they abused liverpools high line but they didnt convert their chances. The game ended 2-2 because city didnt fi ish their chances and liverpool were experts at offside trap. These saudi dudes had no clue howbto implement it,they barely did anything to implement the offside trap,itbwas often the argentina players being dumb and completely forgetting that offside exists
High line is always LIVERPOOL'S & Jurgen Klopp's system.
Klopp's HIGH LINE is because of GEGEN PRESSING ( counter pressing)
@@dwarfogaming9323 why 442 formation is the problem?
@@niranjanrajesh1058 Stfu with that Saudis had no clue how to implement a high line. The precision with which they held their back line was phenomenal. They took full advantage of their physicality and their defence and offensive line was so compact that Argentina's midfield just disappeared. Messi was disappointing in the match along with every other player save for Di Maria and Lautaro. Argentina's passing was like a Sunday league team, no creativity, no triangles, I saw so many spaces where a player could have moved in to create plays and then disrupt the Saudi backline with slick passes and quick transition but all that happened was slow sideways passing and a bunch of nervous lads who cowered under Saudis intensity and aggression. Saudi executed their tactics to a T and Argentina played like a pack of anxious amateurs. They need to fix up their tactics or else it's goodbye to the world cup dream.
Looking back, if ARG doesn’t lose this game, it may not have given them the fire 🔥needed to step up their game.
Exactly
I said the same for spain in 2010
Some of the best Offside Traps I have seen
Some referees will award goals to some of the offsides. It was just a bad day for Argentina
La liga refrees will blow those offsides in favor of Real Madrid
Looked like Klopp's team
@@samuelawenti8503 keep crying
@@samuelawenti8503 obsessed with real
Two of Argentina’s biggest weaknesses came to the fore today. The first one is the lack of elite athleticism, especially in attack. Saudi Arabia could have never played such a high line against France or Brazil. They would have gotten destroyed. Argentina just don’t have any fast attackers. The other weakness, if one can call it that, is the fact that they’ve basically gotten ahead of every opponent during their unbeaten streak; they’re not using to chasing a game. When they were finally confronted with such a scenario, they didn’t know how to cope.
You are absolutely right about speed. Argentina is going to struggle with fast pace teams like France, England and Brazil.
They have no black players you mean
Yes, they need a pacey attacker and cannot rely only on Messi as he is getting older and lack the pace of his youth.
and pessi is just walking around..
Elite athleticism. Lmao you’re so American.
Being in the AFC, I have watched a few games with KSA and they are slippery, quick and focused. They are a good team and sometimes very good.
Well done. Cheers from Australia.
Thank you🇸🇦🇦🇺
Argentina underestimated Saudi caught them off guard but kudos to Saudi they were discipline at the back.
It's funny that Di Maria said "Argentina could easily beat Saudi Arabia 5-0", taking in consideration the disallowed goals, missing the entire point of KSA's play system. Renard of Saudi Arabia had implemented a high line defense system with an offside trap that once was forgotten among coaches, and it worked successfully in the first half seven times!! So it's not about luck and wasting open opportunities, it's about a working system which made the Argentinean all over the place in the second half.
I mean they conceded 2.3 xG but I guess so
@@AmitabhBachchanFanAccount That's the offside trap lol man you're missing the entire point just like De Maria.
Saudi arabia have their own merits but argentina was the cause of their own demise being unable to keep cool becuase lets be honest they have the better squad.
@@AmitabhBachchanFanAccount 🤦🏻♂️🤡🤡
Isn’t Renard the same coach that won Afcon with Zambia and later Ivory Coast?
The main key here that Argentina players were thinking about the final, while the Saudis played like it's the final.
100% agreed , can you text ?
can i use your text ?
Yes they were planning how to do in finals because they are contenders
just to go home
I love how saudi played a high line and didn’t care they knew if they whimper they’ll lose
This is why the world cup is so great. Underdogs and upsets. Pressure and those that rise to it.
Underdogs is there in your country .. Saudi Arabia won , END
I have one question - "Where is Saudi Arabia?", "Where is Saudi Arabia now?" - Quarter-final? Semi-final, maybe?
Offside traps were by far and honestly the best I’ve ever seen in a match
The whole squad gave it all inside the pitch. Full credit to KSA 🙏🏿⚽
This might be the best thing to happen to Argentina - it's humbled them and a wake up call. You'd rather this be the first game than the 3rd.
Or
You meet Argentinans i have and humble is not something they do much
Stick to tennis
Yes... exactly.. Argentina can still top the group with the result of the second group game a draw. Need to win the next two games.
Yes. In a way it's a blessing in disguise. Anyway this world cup got lively.
I live in California and I woke up at 2 am to catch the game. I am glad I did! I saw one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history in the group stages.
Sometimes all you need is 5 minutes of magic to make an upset. The first goal from Saudi Arabia was surprising. The second one was quality!
Group C is the most interesting group so far!
Officially the bigget, still nothing on what Leicester did though.
Woke up at 5 AM to watch Messi and I never believed for a second that something like this would happen. What a great game it was
Only one pundit spoke about the Saudi brilliance. Yet no one talked about the best goal of the tournament so far and the quality of Aldossary against three defenders.
As someone who also lives in California, I woke up to check the score and saw Messi scored a penalty. I went right back to sleep afterwards thinking it was taken care of. I woke up later for the Mexico match and learned Argentina fumbled their lead lmao
Finally an American who likes football not soccer. 😭
Lisandro Martinez needs to start In every game for Argentina and the coach has to find a way to insert Dybala
Dybala is not fully fit, just coming back after an injury.
@@rageeth Yes that’s what I hear. Rattled by injuries. Hopefully he can get right get some minutes inn
If it was Ronaldo... Lemme leave it at that
😂😂😂
Pignaldog is a nobody. People laugh at his failures because of his brainless fans
He’d get applauded for a hattrick against a nobody team and be called the greatest for doing nothing in the euros…. Lemme leave it at that💪🏼
Messi outscored and assisted the second best player in Neymar by many goal contributions so don’t say it’s a nothing cup because Neymar is electric.
Ronaldo never gets scrutinized for his WC performances. This year he’s got his best team possible better than Argentina’s by far.
Lol you’re right, he would have a interview and claim how Portugal want him out for being trash. Cause they lose
Argentina got lucky Poland and Mexico drew with one another
Not really argentina was supposed to win this game and Poland and Mexico drew now the dynamic changed
Argentina might lose to both. Who knows...
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that.
Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well.
Arabic bots in TH-cam
Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
Still gonna be tricky for them.
Not really. Now both teams are poised to at least get a draw against Argentina with a chance to advance. They might assume SA was a fluke so, they have a chance each to beat them. Mexico can be difficult in Argentina's next game and they feel emboldened after Uchoa's save if Argentina draw, they are basically out.
All Messi’s lawyers made it on ESPN fc today wow
😂😂😂😂😂
And now a Wc winner
Disastrous result for Argentina but they've been given a huge lifeline from that MEX/POL draw.
Mexico will only play better bc they draw and must win
@@alejandro8138 well Argentina must win too...they have to win next both games to move on...no ties
Argentina will lose the next game bye bye Messi. 😂
I think, argentina gonna win the rest 2 games
Argentina was supposed to win this game and Mexico and Poland had to draw but now is more pressure to Argentina
Lionel Scoloni made a sin for not bringing on Angel Correa. He's one of those players that is great in hugging that offside line without getting caught. Plus he is really good in close-quartors football.
Ale Moreneo is soo upset 🤣🤣
I love Espn fc but one thing i don't like about is you guys don't appreciate what small teams do, you talk about what went wrong for Argentina, how weak the defense is but no one talked about how good the Saudi players were, beating about 3 Argentina players and the shot to goal, imagine if Messi, Di maria, lautaro had scored that goal, i cant imagine the adjectives Ale would be using ' incredible, beautiful and the rest
On point
People keep overlooking the fact that Messi just freaking walks around the field, not defending and just waiting for the ball, for PSG, and for Argentina, that's why you cannot win tough competitions because teams who all contribute to defending and attacking will beat you.
Nah but fr tho… the German machine in 2014…. Messi is an amazing player but yeah, just like people bad mouth Ronaldo for not pressing people praise Messi for walking around constantly looking around till he gets the ball…
@@IForgetWhatISay Germany 2014 was electric in all round contribution in team. People always disagree with me when I say they absolutely deserved the World Cup that year even ahead of Argentina.
He used to do the same in Barcelona and he always got carried by his superstar teammates. My grandfather would score too if Iniesta passed him the ball.
Bro, he has an injury. His angle looks like a popsicle
Messi is walking....unfortunately the is in a team full of walkers. Frank is correct in that the Saudi coach relies on Argentina'a lazy players.
To be honest it is a complete unknown what will happen. Arg could qualify as if nothing happened or go out. Anything can happen literally
Funny what 3 weeks can do.
All of them eating their words now lol
Imagine this happening against Portugal! These people would go nuts against Ronaldo.
bruh! the knives and shovels wound come out against Ronaldo of this were portugal. Messi and the argentina attackers looked old today.
Yeah. I was thinking about this. These people will blame ronaldo alone. They will tell that how ronaldo's presence in team made Portugal lost a match.
And also if it was ronaldo in place of messi everyone will troll ronaldo calling him as penaldo who just score penalty only.
Nah, Portugal are not that good; it wouldn’t be the same size of shock if they lose to Saudi Arabia.
You CR girls are so tiring.
@@msb8792 Portugal are better than Argentina. I can bet they would clap Argentina if they played
Only a minute into the video and I already know they gonna give messi yet another pass even tho once again he has underperformed on the big stage
Absolutely correct, never his fault it's everyone else even though he missed a couple really good chances, lots of people saying being good in the air doesn't matter but Messi screwed up a perfectly easy header
@@joeyscardamaglia6483 at the end of the day he is a 5'7 man and 35 and honestly has the highest expectations in world football right now coz he the GOAT
@@tcmcity51 what does being 5'7 have anything to with his performance or him never being held responsible for his team losing?
@@joeyscardamaglia6483 Means tje dude's height and leg length combined with age means he ain't beating a 6'0" 20 yr old bull to the ball anymore.
@@joeyscardamaglia6483 being 5'7 has something to do with not being able to score many goals with his head
Argentina got their wake up call at the best possible time. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The Messi defence has began
yup..when Argentina wins..it's Messi Messi Messi...when they lose blame everyone on the team except Messi
This was one of the worst performances I've seen from messi and people will find a way to blame everyone except him💀
I know people that said they let messi down haha.
If this was Ronaldo....
Literal Pessi. My GOAT can't even score an open play goal against Saudi Arabia.
Imagine if this was Portugal…it would be Ronaldo’s fault to these guys 😂
LMFAO this is exactly what I was thinking lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣
hypocrite
Hypocrites
Ronaldo has such a bad season ofc he will be more criticized these fanboys are too pathetic
it wouldn’t he’s 37 you just want something to complain about
Are we going to forget Lionel Messi losing the ball that led to Saudi Arabia scoring the equaliser??? If this was Ronaldo we would never hear the end of it.
OH SHUT UP YOU GUYS ALWAYS FIND MESSI'S FAULT IN EVERYTHING.
@@priyashmukherjee3015 He is just stating how Ronaldo is targeted by media so much.
@@ashishlkhmn48 THEN TELL RONALDO TO REDUCE HIS EGO FIRST
@@priyashmukherjee3015 oh shut up and make me a tshirt, idiot
@@priyashmukherjee3015 Do you really think any other player of Ronaldo's stature doesn't have big ego? If you think so then are in denial. You r just blindly believing in what these media potrays.
These guys are scared to criticize Messi
He’s the goat
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that.
Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well.
Arabic bots in TH-cam
Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
They… did criticise Messi?
why blame messi. lol won world cup
I speak for most when i say that Mexico, Poland and Saudi Arabia went from trying to qualify, to eliminate Argentina at all costs. They smell blood.
🤣🍼🍼🍼🤡
If it was Ronaldo ESPN will be bashing him from every angle but it’s their favourite baby boy who got BBQ by the Saudis well said frank credit to the Saudi Coach and Dan is correct Messi needs to contribute more
Now they are saying that Messi was ok because he scored a penalty! Last season ronaldo was scoring Hatt tricks but as long as man utd was beaten, he was identified as the problem!!
Whenever the story is related to Messi, your comments are automatically about CR7 and the whole "if it was CR7 then..., now that it is Messi then bla bla bla.... and you fail to see how your obsession is playing directly into the very thing you hate. Just try and STFU about messi and ronaldo, and who knows...you just might see other things to enjoy in football.
@@Batesta256 yeah they’re so biased
dont worry he did while cr7 got benched . world champion 7 goals 3 assist. don't underestimate a goat
Ale is spot on! Argentina overlooked the opposition. Thought they gonna take it home so easy. This is world cup, not a friendly match. Every team plays all out.
And here we are now...can't believe how things change within a month. Argentina is the deserved World Champion
Bench Otamendi pls!! I would have a Lisandro Martinez and Cristian Romero as a CB pairing!!
Romero makes errors
I’d rather have Lis and otamendi. Romero is kinda overrated
Romero was a disaster today. He doesn’t look match fit. Bring in Martinez.
It was Romero who let in the first goal, terrible defending from him
Mexico is going to be a much difficult game, they play the same style, high line but have more technically skilled players.
I think Mexico wins 2-0
@@Mendoza1414 I want Mexico to win but no way they're going to beat Argentina. Mexico has only defeated them once in their history.
@@pedromata133 ppl also underestimated Saudi Arabia ( including me) and see what happened
@@pedromata133 We've actually beaten them 5 times in our history. We drew 14 times, and lost 16. While not a great record, the 14 draws does indeed give me hope we can do something. Here's to hoping.
@@ADK_7 Mexico has more technical players. They also tend to play the same way the saudis did. Basically all of North America plays that way against much more technical teams like Argentina. High defensive line, lots of pressure, counter attack. Mexico has better players to score.
😂Win streaks dont mean you’re going to keep winning, it’s basically a countdown to the loss that breaks the streak. You should be happy to know that they got this loss out the way now and not later in the knockout stages because it was never going to last 👍
Exactly
They will be knocked out in the next match. This is not a mentally strong team of leaders like the team of 90 or Spain in 2010.
They just played poor South American teams for 2-3 years and remained unbeaten 😂😂
@@prajwal7846 look what happened to Spain 2014..they got destroyed in their group
@@SiddharthVaz i told some clown people the same thing...that spanish side was more talented than this and most importantly they had leaders..who are the leaders for this argentina team🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
7:54 Shaka has absolutely bodied Otamendi there 🤣
Saudi didn’t play like a small team they played fearless 🔥🔥
Second goal is so far the goal of the World Cup
Poland and Mexico draw definitely have given Argentina a lifeline..maximum points or bust.
Hella pressure went from 0-100 fast😂
champions
You can’t heap praise on Messi when they win, and not put some of the blame on him when they lose. Tell it like it is!
yup..when Argentina wins..it's Messi Messi Messi...when they lose blame everyone on the team except Messi
Atleast Messi doesn’t bash the whole team like Penaldo to get himself terminated L
@@goat6262 irrelevant information lad
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that.
Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well.
Arabic bots in TH-cam
Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
@@ibrahimabdi6285 better stay quiet no comeback
"Palblitooo. Que Pasa?" - Frank 🤣
These guys are jokes lol
Today is national holiday in Saudi Arabia
after this result 👌
How much did and will Argentina miss Giovanni Lo Celso in this world cup ? What difference would he have made in this game against Saudi Arabia.
He would be running through the lines taking player off Messi and let de Paul sit
@@allancrawford6567 one player doesn’t define the team Argentina still has valuable options
huge . this why they ended up benching that whole mid take chance younger player and won world cup. lo celso has the highest assist in qualifiers
Saudi Arabia played great from the start of the game. Did not sit back rather they pressed from the start, worked the high line to perfection and then took their chances when they came. Finally defended heroically everyone of their players. Real team performance, credit where it is due.
Blaming Argentina for overlooking the opposition is such a lazy take. KSA tactics were spot on!
Just after this game the chances of Argentina winning the world cup dropped significantly.
They will still leave the group stage because they took the weakest group in the cup, but now I think that Argentina loses some of its favoritism against strong teams.
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that.
Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well.
Arabic bots in TH-cam
Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
I am not impressed by Argentina on the basis of what I saw today.
But it’s still wrong to make a prediction based upon the result of only one game.
Let’s wait and see how they perform against Mexico on Saturday.
@@hsafootballworld1321 nothing new here we have seen it many times that asian countries blows the opponent sometimes, I still count Argentina as a title contender
@@Superboy_shivv lol no, argentina has a quite average midfield that can't win world cup.
One of the best matches ive seej in WC...fairytale underdpg comebacl match... magic only the cup of life can produce
I always love Ale’a analysis 😁👊🏽👊🏽
Al dawsary needs to talked more about his first touch is amazing and he has good dribble speed and a rocket shot
That offside was mad crazy
Yeah it was offiside
@200wcdays lmfao not even close on the age💀
Stop defending Messi… this is what he does he very rarely shows up.. people just don’t wanna see it it’s been years since he’s been Messi
benchnaldo. messi wins world cup u hater
Saudi Arabia did a Real Madrid kind of UCL remontada on Argentina. Great job to Saudi Arabia. Their coach deserves credit, the players too. The Saudi keeper and defenders were dogged too.
where are the messi fans lol future of football is moving to middle east and word cup in qatar is boosting it
Pessi 🤣 I told you 🤫
Ronaldo fanboys are enjoying Argentina's loss and then they suddenly realizes their idol has no club after the WC
@@alexiadela7137 Don't cry now.. where were you when everybody was overhyping 😀
@@savage1717 I'm crying because Messi has a club to return after the WC. What about your idol?
@@alexiadela7137 he'll have a club but no a country 😭
Mic dropped 🤫
@@alexiadela7137 I mean I expect bottler to bottle but to bottle against Saudi Arabia 😀🤡
My goodness 🤣 next level glory
Scaloni quite simply got it wrong. You either play a 5-3-2 or 3-5-2 depending on the caliber of team that you're up against. A high line is easily beatable if you just play the ball fast through the middle...Lo Celso must be in the midfield to create plays.
Everyone in that studio hyped them too much! Shaka wanted to make up for his poor takes that he did it even worse “Argentina will win the world Cup” please…
Hopefully their humbled now and stop overhyping them!
Shaka just wanted to jinx it so that he doesn't have to accept Messi is great 😂
Relax it’s one game
@@RealMadrid15UCLs against saudi tho. Also they had long time to equalise and did nothing.
The tournament isn’t over, let’s wait and see
Give credit to the gold bricks that Saudia Arabia layer out to win buy giving out 7 offsides in 34 min minus 3 goals for Argentina in 34 min had to turn off my tv after that.
Oil countries paying refs and commentators bought as well.
Arabic bots in TH-cam
Now let’s see you try and cheat through every game like South Korea did during the « 2002 » World Cup
as a saudi i have to thank Renard tbh, he was such great guidance and motivation to the Saudi team. our kingdom is filled with pride fot the victory of our team 🇸🇦🤍🇸🇦🤍🇸🇦
No sound
Little mention is made of how Messi has never inspired a single comeback. Never ever
11:50 yo can you talk about that rocket goal dude????? 😂😂😂 dude i swear man. Ok keep ignore naming the players and talking about the goals, that is shameful
Love the light ribbing to start off the segment 🤣 Hopefully Pablo will have the last laugh at the end of the day
He sure did 👍
Messi easily the most protected player ever. Argentina are very lucky Mexico and Poland both struggled to score and that Ochoa is a beast in world cups.
There is a reason why he is protected, he’s earned it. Everyone with a good set of eyes knows that Messi is the best player to play football. This game with Saudi Arabia had Messi on lock due to the high lines, and a player like Lo Celso would have helped Messi break the lines. It’s easy to point fingers at Messi, but that’s just ignorant.
@@vic9303 na, everyone whos seen Maradona carry Argentina to WC disagrees, Messi to overprotected
@@vic9303 you can say Messi is the best player of this generation.
But it’s not completely right to say he is the best player to ever play.
He is definitely one of the best. Most probably top 3 of all time.
@@calm123 yeah because Maradona was in the back playing defense and goalkeeping. World Cup is a team achievement, not individual. Messi career was way more consistent than Maradona, which automatically makes him the better player.
@@hsafootballworld1321 give me other names that are above him.
I am from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 and I really appreciate Yan’s comments about the work that the team had to put to win this match.
What makes me more happy is that the win was deserved and we didn’t set back and parked the bus, but we played at the front foot and challenged Argentina 🇦🇷.
Kafuuu!
Saudi Arabia is my new favorite team. That second goal you all made is by far my favorite goal of the whole tournament so far. I’m blown away. Absolutely incredible performance.
Congratulations 🎈🎊
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
If you saw how the Saudi captain, was screaming the game plan to his team at half time. You'll appreciate how they stuck to the game plan. There was no point in the second half where I thought they looked weak and would let Argentina back in the game...What a game!!🤩🤩 Congratulations to the better team on the day🥳🥳🥳🥳
Messi lost the Ball 21 times... shockin
And won the world cup😂😂..shocking
If this Portugal this pundits will mock Ronaldo..
Instead of looking to find someone to blame in Argentina's squad, why can't anyone acknowledge the Saudis just overperformed, AND, the Argentinians DID respect the Saudis, they were just tactically outsmarted.
Comment of the tournament this.
Imagine the man betting for Saudi Arabia 😂
I love how zabaleta is confident in the Argentina's team. I hope that they will go through the next round
If they go through we may see another 1-7 as soon as they face a top European team. Better for Messi's legacy not to make it through 😂😂trust me
@@Tziumannu87 YOU ARE UNDERSESTIMATING ARGENTINA TOO MUCH
@@Tziumannu87 they're out in the ro16 if they got through anyway, either denmark or france would thrash them
@@abadedo totally
@@abadedo Don't listen to this troll. He's trying to undermine Messi as I see from other comments.
So messi being 35 and not making runs in behind is ok. But ronaldo being 38 and not pressing all game long is just not enough and gets slander. Pathetic
A disasterclass from Messi is a normal game for Ronaldo. Of course if your eyes work well you'll see this.
There was one moment when ronero had the ball and looked up and messi and di Maria were offside so he passed sideways when can tell he was planning to just punt in forward knowing lots of space behind and expecting forwards to run onto it
We are for the soccer game period!
Congratulations 🎈🎉 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Pablo looking like Manu Ginobili lol
We love to see soccer and a great game!!! And that is it ! Period!
Lo Celso is criminally underrated, completely destroyed Bayern in last year's CL with Villareal
13:43 So this is what crying, whining and moaning sounds like
The British are loving this
Dear Argentina. Messi is NOT your savior. There’s only ONE SAVIOR and it’s NOT Messi! Kindly look elsewhere 😂
Finally a decent analysis
9:23 Jan is so right on this. Messi contributed almost NONE.
@200wcdays what 2 goals are you talking about??? I think you're the one who didn't watch the game.
Scaloni needs to do some work after this match!!
Scaloni should’ve been never Hired!
Who wanna read a joke.
36 matches unbeaten
Copa America
Finalissima
Now the team is no good for Messy
Wanna hera another joke? 🤡’s thinking losing first match in the world cup means its over🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmao you are a 🤡
Zabaleta could not believe it either 😂
Nobody was around messi to combine? Give me a break. Now yall are gonna say he doesn't have a good team around him? This ia getting ridiculous
That win streak was way to hyped up. They beat 2 good teams, Brazil and Italy. What makes this great was the amount of people gobbing off yesterday, it’s only Iran.
Exactly what I said. They have beaten mostly pub teams. England went on a 20 game unbeaten run till they lost against Hungary
I've been saying this for months and no one pays attention to me, of these 36 games without losing, only 2 games were against Brazil (the Copa America final with a not very exciting victory by 1-0 and a game in the qualifiers by 0-0 and Brazil was without several players) and the game against Italy by 3x0, the other 33 games Argentina was clearly the favorite in all because it faced weaker opponents
@@andrewjoyce9038 Pub teams. What a clueless opinion lol
@@sandrosilva5447 true. now argentina are diminished. 🤣
Hahaha what a 🤡🤡🤡
All those overvaluations of Argentina's victory at the Copa America 2021 and Finalissima 2022 just to see them lose against Saudi Arabia 2:1 at the World Cup 😂
don't forget Argentina couldn't win against Iceland including Messi Missed Penalty in 2018 😁😁😁
Yes and now they won it. Cry more😂🤣🤡