Lionel Messi began off his and Argentina’s 2022 FIFA World Cup marketing campaign with a nonchalant kick from the penalty spot, which despatched the Saudi Arabian goal-keeper the unsuitable facet, earlier than rolling on to the again of the online. Messi appeared in his parts from the get go as he pressured a save out of  Mohamad Al Owais, the Saudi custodian within the second minute of the match.

There was some pushing contained in the Saudi field within the seventh minute of the match and the referee determined to take the assistance of VAR and on trying on the incident on the monitor, he determined to award Argentina penalty.

Watch Lionel Messi’s aim from penalty spot vs Saudi Arabia

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 #𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶‘𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽!! That’s it, that is the tweet! pic.twitter.com/M2yGt4nU2s

— JioCinema (@JioCinema) November 22, 2022

Messi waited for Owais to commit until the top and finally rolled the ball slowly on the opposite facet to place his workforce up 1-0.

This is being broadly tipped as Messi’s final hurrah at a World Cup and scores of Argentina followers and followers of the talismanic participant are hoping that he lifts the coveted trophy on December 18.

He got here very shut in 2014 in Brazil, when Argentina have been edged out within the closing by Germany.

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Argentina final received the World Cup manner again in 1986, when the legendary Diego Maradona carried the workforce on his shoulders to the worldwide title.

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