Saudi Arabia stuns Lionel Messi’s Argentina in one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history

ISaudi Arabia imangaze i-Argentina kaLionel Messi ngokunye kokushaywa okukhulu emlandweni weNdebe yoMhlaba

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ISaudi Arabia ikhiqize okunye kokuhlaselwa okukhulu emlandweni weNdebe yoMhlaba ngoLwesibili, ishayaOkukaLionel MessiI-Argentina inqobe ngo 2-1 emdlalweni omangalisayoUmdlalo weQembu C.

Abaningi babelindele ukuthi iqembu laseNingizimu Melika, elibekwe endaweni yesithathu emhlabeni, elingakahlulwa iminyaka emithathu futhi eliphakathi kwamaqembu athandwayo ukuwina umqhudelwano, lizonqoba umphikisi walo, libekwe endaweni engu-48 ngaphansi kwalo ohlwini lomhlaba.

Zonke izingxoxo zangaphambi komdlalo zazigxile kuMessi, omunye wabadlali abakhulu kunabo bonke abadlala kulokho okungenzeka kube yiNdebe Yomhlaba yakhe yokugcina. Ukaputeni we-Argentina ushaye iphenathi kusenesikhathi ukuze abeke iqembu lakhe phambili, kodwa amagoli amabili engxenye yesibili kaSaleh Al-Shehri noSalem Al Dawsari aphendule umdlalo ekhanda.

Izinkulungwane zabalandeli baseSaudi ababengaphakathi eLusail Stadium azikholwanga ababekubuka njengoba begubha ukunqoba kwabo okungalindelekile.

Ukubuya okunjalo kwakungabonakali kungenakwenzeka engxenyeni enkulu yomdlalo. I-Argentina ilawule umdlalo ngemuva kokuthatha ubuholi kodwa noma yini umphathi waseSaudi uHervé Renard ayishilo ngesikhathi sokuphumula yasebenza. Iqembu lakhe laphuma nenkolelo entsha futhi lamelana neqembu lase-Argentina elisezingeni lomhlaba.

Abadlali baseSaudi Arabia bagubha ukunqoba kwabo okumangalisayo.

Umnqobi omangalisayo ka-Al Dawsari osuka kude – kanye nomkhosi we-acrobatic olandelayo – uzoba ngomunye wemizuzu yale noma yimuphi umdlalo weNdebe Yomhlaba futhi ngokungangabazeki, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uzoba umzuzu 'wami-ngangilapho' kubalandeli.

Njengoba isikhathi esigcwele sisondela, abalandeli bajabulele yonke i-tackle futhi basindisa sengathi kwakuyigoli, futhi lapho umdlalo uphela ngempela, abalandeli baseSaudi Arabia basabela ngokukhulu ukucasuka.

Womabili amaqembu abadlali aguqa ngamadolo, ngenxa yokungakholwa nokukhathala. UMessi, abaningi ababeze ukuzobona umdlalo, wabonakala ekhathazekile njengoba ehamba nabalandeli baseSaudi bemhalalisela ngendlela ehlekisayo.

Ngokusho kweqembu ledatha yezemidlalo iGracenote, okuyinkampani iNielsen, umphumela wangoLwesibili ube yiphutha elikhulu emlandweni womncintiswano.

“Ukunqoba kweNdebe Yomhlaba okumangaza kakhulu ngokweGracenote kwaba ukunqoba kwe-USA phezu kweNgilandi ngo-1950 kanye nethuba elingu-9.5% lokunqoba eqenjini lase-US kodwa ithuba leSaudi Arabia lokunqoba namuhla lilinganiselwa ku-8.7% ngakho lithatha indawo yokuqala,” kusho isitatimende.

Nakuba lokhu kwakuwukunqoba okungokomlando kweSaudi Arabia, kwaba ukuhlulwa okuhlazisayo kwe-Argentina eyanikezela esiteji esikhulu kunazo zonke.

Abadlali baseSaudi bamomotheka futhi bahleka nezintatheli njengoba bephuma enkundleni, okuhlukile kakhulu eqenjini lase-Argentina elalihamba ngamakhanda abo phansi ebhasini leqembu. UMessi wayengomunye wabambalwa abama futhi bakhuluma nezintatheli futhi waze wama ukuze athathe izithombe.

Abadlali baseSaudi Arabia bagubha ukunqoba kwabo i-Argentina ngoLwesibili, mhla zingama-22 kuNovemba. Umphumela uphele ngo 2-1.enye yeziphazamiso ezinkulu emlandweni weNdebe Yomhlaba.

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