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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Saudi Arabia performed the first real miracle of the Qatar 2022 World Cup by defeating competition favourites Argentina. Messi had opened the scoring just ten minutes in with a cool penalty, and as Argentina put the ball in the net three more times before the half time whistle \u2013 with every one being ruled out for off-side \u2013 it was looking like one-way traffic.<\/p>\n

That said, it was a far from vintage performance from Argentina, ultimately punished when Saleh Al Shehri latched onto a long ball and lashed a left-foot shot into the far corner of Emi Martinez’ goal.
\nIt was Saudi Arabia’s first effort – but it would not be their last. Just five minutes later, Salem Al Dawsari scored one of the goals of the tournament to launch the Saudis into an astonishing lead.<\/p>\n

An exceptional save at close range from Mohammed Al Owais shortly after preserved the underdog\u2019s lead, and the Albiceleste failed to meaningfully threaten for the remainder of this astonishing match.<\/p>\n

It was the moment in which the world held its breath. As the ball was launched downfield, few onlookers would have predicted the devastation that Al Shehri would cause when he latched onto the ball.
\nPushing the ball into the box, it appeared as though he had taken himself too wide to cause the defence any trouble. However, taken quickly and with electric sparking through every inch of the World Cup ball, the flashing shot was past the Argentina goalkeeper before he could blink.<\/p>\n

While Saudi Arabia\u2019s winner will justifiably grab the headlines, this was the goal that initiated lift off. Lionel Messi came close to bookending the statistics for youngest and oldest World Cup goalscorer for Argentina.<\/p>\n

Having become the youngest (18 years and 357 days) in 2006, he today became the second oldest (35 years and 151 days). Over one year younger than Martin Palermo and having claimed Qatar 2022 will be his final World Cup, it is unlikely he will complete the feat.<\/p>\n

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