The Argentine star, Lionel Messi, also achieved a historic record with his country, after he succeeded in scoring his first Tango goal against the Saudi national team, where Lionel Messi is considered the first player to score in 4 copies of the World Cup with Argentina (2006, 2014, 2018, 2022), surpassing Batistuta (1994, 1998, 2002) and Maradona (1982, 1986, 1994).

Messi also became the fifth player to score in four different versions of the World Cup after Cristiano Ronaldo, Pele, Miroslav Klose and Ove Zeller.

Messi scored his seventh goal in the World Cup in the ninth minute from a penalty kick, which he placed to the left of Muhammad Al Owais, as the referee counted it after returning to the var.

Slovenian Slavko Vincic, the referee of the match, canceled 3 goals for the Argentine national team, scored by Argentine star Lionel Messi in the 22nd minute, claiming offside, and two other goals by striker Lautaro Martinez in the 27th and 35th minutes, respectively.

Argentina’s national team against Saudi Arabia fell into the offside trap 7 times.

Argentina vs Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is participating in the World Cup for the sixth time in history. After its first participation in the 1994 edition in the United States of America, the Argentine national team participates for the 18th time and has previously won this tournament twice, and that was in 1978 and 1986.

Argentina has exceeded the first round 12 times during its last 13 participation in the World Cup, and the only exception was in 2022.