Abdel-Ilah Al-Maliki: We responded to the Argentine media, and Renard motivated us before the match

On Nov 22, 2022

Abdul-Ilah Al-Maliki, the star of the Saudi national team, expressed his great happiness with the historic victory that his country’s national team achieved over Argentina, with two goals to one, at the start of the two teams’ campaign in the group stage.

Al-Maliki said after the end of the match: “Monsters are men, champions. All words are for the whole team, not only for Al-Maliki. We have two important finals left.”

He added, “The coach motivated us by giving a lecture at 11 o’clock in the morning. I had tears in my eyes because I had been playing since this morning.”

He continued: “Everyone is talking about this. He participated, and this is what he participated with his club, but everyone did a great job.”

And he concluded: “We responded to the Argentine media who mocked us, we were ready from 3 dawn for the meeting.

The Saudi national team achieved a historic victory over Argentina in the biggest surprises of the World Cup, 2-1, in the match that brought them together at Lusail Stadium, in the first round of the group stage of the Qatar World Cup 2022.

Al-Akhdar turned a goal behind in the first half into a two-goal lead with the start of the second half, as Argentine star Lionel Messi scored in the 10th minute from a penalty kick, then Saleh Al-Shehri equalized in the 48th minute, and then Salem Al-Dosari added the second goal in the 53rd minute of the second half.

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