the Arab striker who scored in the match against Argentina (and how he scored eleven years ago against the Guatemalan team)
Without a doubt, the defeat of Argentina against Saudi Arabia It has been the first big surprise that the Qatar 2022 World Cup has left.
The albiceleste left a bad impression in their debut match, while the Saudi Arabian players They proved to be superior, especially in the second half.
They were the notes of Saleh Alshehri in the 48th minute and of Salem Aldawsari in 53 those who gave victory to Saudi Arabia, to the surprise of all those present at the Lusail stadium.
However, it is curious that one of the scorers of the match, Salem Aldawsari, also has had a leading role in a match against the Guatemalan under 20 team.
It happened eleven years ago, specifically in the second game of the group stage of the Under 20 World Cup in Colombia, in 2011, where a young Saudi Arabia faced the Guatemalan team.
The Guatemalan team, who had previously lost against the Nigerian team, sought to improve their result and his condition in the match of the second date of group D.
The meeting, which took place at the Centenario stadium in the city of Armenia, began with a demonstration of superiority from Guatemala, even with several occasions of attack in the first minutes.
However, Saudi Arabia responded quickly and did not hesitate to seize opportunities. generated to thrash a young Guatemalan team 6-0.
Among the six goals scored, the sixth, scored at minute 89 it belonged to a young Salem Aldawsari, who at the time was wearing the shirt with the number three and took advantage of a pass in the center of the area to score and finish off the match between Saudi Arabia and Guatemala from that distant 2011.
With that result, Saudi Arabia finished group leader with six points and a ticket to the round of 16 of the tournamentwhile Guatemala’s U20 team finished last in the groupwith a goal difference of eleven.
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