World Cup Qatar 2022: the coach of Saudi Arabia considered that the victory against Argentina did not change them

The first duel did not cloud them. Saudi Arabia’s astonishing comeback against Argentina in their World Cup Group C opener shocked the footballing world, but for coach Herve Renard it was just one of three difficult group stage games as he faced him on Saturday. It’s time to face Poland.

The Green Falcons’ victory over a team led by Lionel Messi that had been unbeaten for three years was the best result by an Arab country since Algeria beat West Germany in 1982, and one of the biggest upsets in the tournament’s history.

But Renard said on Friday that the result had not changed the players ahead of the game with Poland.

“Nothing has changed. We are still the lowest team in the group in terms of ranking and experience.” Renard said. “So nothing changes in our minds or in the minds of the favorites for the World Cup.”

“We know where we come from and we remain humble, because if we don’t, we won’t be able to play a good game tomorrow”added the coach of the Arab team.

The Saudis unexpectedly lead the group with three points, followed by Poland and Mexico with one and Argentina in last place with no points.

However, they will be without several players, such as defender Yasser Al-Shahrani, who underwent surgery after a serious facial and abdominal injury in the first game, and captain Salman Al-Faraj.

“Our leader, our captain, it will be difficult for him to play tomorrow. It’s a great loss, but it happened to some players before the World Cup, yesterday to Neymar. This is part of football.” Renard said.

Neymar will miss the remainder of the group stage matches against Switzerland and Cameroon after picking up an ankle injury in Thursday’s opening win against Serbia 2-0