Argentina v Saudi Arabia, 22 November 2022

Kick-off: 1.00pm local (10.00am GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Argentina 3, Saudi Arabia 51 . In one of the biggest shock results in World Cup history, in their fifth attempt in all-time meetings, this was Saudi Arabia's first-ever win against Argentina (lost two). . This became Saudi Arabia's sixth appearance at a World Cup finals. They had now won four of their 17 games at the tournaments (lost 11) with the previous victories being in the group stages against Morocco and Belgium in 1994 and against Egypt in 2018. . Argentina failed in their attempt to equal Italy’s all-time international record of 37 consecutive games without defeat, set from 2018 to 2021. La Albiceleste had not lost a game since a 0-2 defeat to Brazil in the 2019 Copa America on 2 July 2019. . Argentina became the first-ever team to select four players aged 34 or older in their starting line-up in a game at the World Cup finals. . This was the first time that Argentina had lost a World Cup finals game after leading at half-time since the Final in 1930 against Uruguay. . Argentina were now competing in their 13th consecutive World Cup finals; the third-longest current such run behind Brazil (22) and Germany (18). . Lionel Messi had now scored seven goals at the World Cup finals, all in the group stage. He became the fifth player to score at four different World Cup tournaments. . Argentina conceded more than one goal in their opening game at a World Cup finals for the first time since a 3-2 defeat by Poland in Stuttgart in 1974. . This was the first of Saudi Arabia’s last 20 games to produce more than two goals, and the first time they had scored more than one goal in a game since a 3-2 win against China PR in World Cup qualifier on 12 October 2021. . Former Cambridge United manager Hervé Renard, who led Zambia and Ivory Coast to African Cup of Nations titles in 2012 and 2015, took charge of Saudi Arabia in 2019. . It was later announced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud would present each member of the squad with a Rolls Royce following this historic victory. . The Lusail Stadium, located nine miles from Doha’s city centre, was designed by British architects Foster + Partners. The golden façade, which stages the World Cup Final on 18 December, took its inspiration from Arab architecture.