The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, directed that tomorrow, Wednesday, will be a vacation for all employees in all sectors of the state, the private sector, male and female students at all educational levels, on the occasion of Saudi Arabia’s victory over Argentina in the World Cup.
The Saudi national team made the Arab fans happier and achieved an exciting victory over its Argentine counterpart 1/2 today, Tuesday, in the first round of Group Three matches in the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament held in Qatar.
The Argentine team opened the scoring in the tenth minute with a goal scored by Lionel Messi from a penalty kick, then the Saudi team settled the match in its favor with two goals in the second half, scored by Saleh Al -Shehri and Salem Al -Dossari in the 49th and 53rd minutes.
In the presence of 88,12 thousand fans in the Lusail Stadium, which will host the World Cup final, the Saudi team achieved a historic victory as it is its first over Argentina, in the first confrontation between the two teams in the history of the World Cup.
The Saudi national team met its Argentine counterpart four times earlier, which witnessed two victories for Argentina and two draws.
Today, the Argentine national team lost its opening match in the World Cup for the first time since the 1990th edition, which witnessed its defeat against Cameroon..
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