Expect the unexpected

Congratulations to Saudi Arabia for their incredible win over Argentina in the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 (“Qatar World Cup 2022: A picture-perfect performance from Saudi Arabia against Argentina”, Gulf News, November 22). After taking a goal lead, Argentina relaxed a bit. The Saudi Arabia team capitalised on this and went full throttle to equalise and take a 2-1 lead immediately. Then their defence stood like a rock of Gibraltar to bring down Argentina’s efforts to equalise till the final whistle. It should be noted that they have qualified six times for the World Cup and won the Asian Championships three times. Well done, team Saudi Arabia. ■ N. MAHADEVAN India