Saudi Arabia takes its football seriously and after years of struggling and defeats in the competition, the national team in green caused one of the biggest upsets in world soccer history beating the Argentinians with Lionel Messi 2-1 and this has prompted the authorities to declare a public holiday.
They have declared Wednesday, Nov. 23 a national holiday. They have very good reasons to celebrate since this win over Argentina puts an end to the team’s 36-match winning streak.
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It was an unlikely victory by a 51st rank team over the third-best team in the world and this sent shock waves across the footballing world the result has been touted as one of the biggest upsets in the sport.
