Overjoyed fans erupted in celebration around the Arab world after Saudi Arabia's shocking win over Argentina at the World Cup on Tuesday.
After one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history, fans flooded the streets outside Lusail Stadium waving green and white Saudi flags. Then they entered a nearby subway station chanting, singing -- and even hugging Argentina fans.
"I thought a draw would be fantastic against this team," Alharthi added. "They came all the way just to win the World Cup. We did it today and I have to take some time to realize what happened." In the city of Idlib, Ahmad Al-Absi said Saudi Arabia's victory was a much needed morale boost for Syrians and Arabs across the Middle East, even if it meant seeing his favourite soccer team lose.
In Saudi Arabia, King Salman announced a snap public holiday for all workers and students in the kingdom in celebration of the win. "I am very happy about this result that we have been able to obtain against this very storied team," Alowais said solemnly. "We have prepared ourselves. We were 100 per cent ready and hopefully we will have better results in the future. I felt we were especially good in the last minutes because we secured our three points."
"All the stars aligned for us," said Renard, who won the African Cup of Nations as coach of Zambia in 2012 and then again with Ivory Coast in 2015.
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