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Thomas Stockting·22 November 2022
📸 Picture perfect: The story of matchday three at the World Cup
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Thomas Stockting·22 November 2022
Lionel Messi and all of Argentina were shocked by Saudi Arabia as France survived a scare from down under and we got our first goalless draws.
Here are the best images from day three in Qatar.
Saudi Arabia beat Argentina to shock the footballing world in Tuesday’s early kick-off.
A dreadful start to Lionel Messi’s final World Cup campaign, but with two matches remaining we won’t count them out just yet.
Salem Aldawsari’s second-half strike not only won the game but led Saudi Arabia to declare a National Holiday on Wednesday.
Tunisia came flying out of the gates against Denmark and Aïssa Laïdouni set the tone with a hard but fair tackle on Christian Eriksen.
Despite the tenacity on display from their opponents, Denmark and Andreas Cornelius will be rueing their chances.
Wales stood out yesterday with their passionate support and today it was Mexico’s turn as El Tri packed the 974 Stadium.
It isn’t a World Cup until someone tears up at the National Anthems and Alexis Vega – competing at his first tournament – let all the emotions out.
Robert Lewandowski won’t have many better chances to score his first World Cup goal but, unfortunately for him, Guillermo Ochoa was in the way.
In the final game of the day, France will have feared the curse of the defending champions was set to continue as Australia took an early lead.
Les Blues’ attacking talent, however, would prevail as Olivier Giroud’s brace took the 36-year-old level as France’s all-time top scorer.
The drama continues tomorrow as Belgium enter the fray when they play a Canadian side featuring in the World Cup for the first time in 36 years whilst Germany and Spain also get their tournaments underway.