The World Cup began to “play” with the draw. There the Argentine team learned that it was going to join the Group C together with Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. And that in case of qualifying, it will be paired with group D, in which France, Denmark, Tunisia are and the playoff remains to be defined: Australia – United Arab Emirates vs. Peru.
The encounters with Saudi Arabia Y Mexico they stayed with other start times, although they keep the days that they had “pre-assigned”: the premiere, once morest the Saudis, it will be at 7 from Buenos Aires of tuesday november 22and the second, in front of Tri, was for 4 p.m. on Saturday 26. On the other hand, there are no discrepancies with what was estimated for the definition of group Cwhen the rival of Lionel Messi and company will be Poland, at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday 30.
From there began the analysis of the rivals, the strengths and weaknesses. “We have studied everyone,” said Lionel Scaloni, coach of the national team. That’s why this Sunday was news the injury of the top scorer of the Saudi Arabia team, Saleh Al-Shehri, who suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his right leg and will arrive with just enough for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
The 28-year-old striker was injured last Friday during the Al-Hilal game, team led by Ramón Díaz, in the Asian Champions League. The Riyadh club confirmed in the last few hours that Al-Shehri, the Arab team’s top scorer in the Asian Qualifiers with seven goals, will have to undergo surgery in the coming days.
Habitually this injury requires a recovery of between four and six months so his return to the courts would be very close to the debut in the World Cup once morest Argentina, on November 22 at the Lusail stadium.
Saleh Al-Shehri is the figure of Saudi Arabia. With a good aerial game, the striker can also assist, he goes back and plays judiciously also far from the area. That’s why it’s the main offensive weapon from Arabia.
Saudi Arabia had a very solid step down the qualifying road for the World Cup Qatar 2022 and much of it owes Saleh Al-Shehri. Although they were not the first team to win their place in the tournament, they finished first in group B, with 23 points and 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in their 10 matches.
Argentina’s debut, once morest Arabia, will take place in the stadium that will also host the final, the Lusail, It has capacity for more than 94,000 people. The team led by Lionel Scaloni should not have major setbacks, once morest a team that will play its sixth World Cup in Qatar. After that upset in their opening World Cup match, Saudi Arabia put up disappointing performances and never got past the group stage once more. Juan Antonio Pizzi was his coach at Russia 2018, and now the challenge is in the hands of Frenchman Hervé Renard, former coach of Zambia, Ivory Coast and Morocco.
Above now the presence of his figure and scorer is in doubt.