Saudi Arabia’s historic World Cup win over Argentina in the Group C-opener came at a cost.
As a result of the injury and the game being paused for a few minutes, Saudi Arabia was forced to defend their now-famous lead for a few extra minutes. Despite referee Slavko Vincici originally awarding eight additional minutes, the final whistle was not blown until the 11th minute of stoppage time.
Al-Shahrani’s injury comes just one day after Iran’s goalie, Alireza Beiranvand, stirred controversy after taking a blow to his head in the country’s opening loss to England. After the collision, Beiranvand appeared seriously injured and stayed on the ground while being treated by doctors. Although backup goalie Hossein Hosseini was warming up and ready, Iran opted to leave Beiranvand in the game without coming off the field.
As soon as play resumed, however, Beiranvand went back to the ground and was subsequently replaced by Hosseini.
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