Saudi Arabia surprises everyone by beating Argentina 2-1, a team that came as a clear favorite for the match. The Asian team only kicked twice on target and both shots ended in goals, obtaining 100% effectiveness in their debut at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
With this result, the streak of 36 games without losing for the Argentine team is broken. It is worth mentioning that until before this duel, Argentina had won all the matches against the Asian teams in the history of the World Cups.
In addition, after going ahead on the scoreboard, an Asian country had never been able to overcome an unfavorable result against a South American team.
On the other hand, an important difference is observed between the values of each campus. Next, find out how much the team that managed to beat the Argentines and break their streak is valued.
How much is the Saudi Arabia national team worth?
According to the Transfermarkt portal, the Saudi Arabian squad is worth 25.2 million euros, a long way from Argentina, which is valued at 645.2 million euros.
In addition to this, the Asian team is one of the teams with the lowest value of all the participating teams in the World Cup. It ranks 30 out of 32 in the ranking “World Cup in Qatar 2022: The 32 teams by market value”.
For its part, Lionel Messi’s team is seventh on the list of most expensive World Cup squads.
How much are the top figures of Saudi Arabia worth?
Salem Al Dawsari, the player who scored the winning goal against the South American team, is one of the leading figures in Saudi Arabia. At 31 years old, he has a market value of 1.80 million euros.
Also, the second most expensive player on the entire squad. The first position is occupied by Sultan Al-Ghannam with 2.50 million euros.
On the other hand, the striker who scored the first goal for Saudi Arabia was Saleh Al-Shehri, who is valued at 700,000 euros.
An abysmal difference is observed if we compare any of these amounts with that of any of the Argentine figures. For example. Lionel Messi is valued at 50 million euros.
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Source: Elcomercio
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