Riyadh Crescent 4:3 Manchester City, Saudi Arabia 2:1 Argentina, which is more shocking?

Riyadh's elimination of Manchester City 4:3 on the New Moon can be said to be the biggest upset in the Club World Cup so far. Looking at the current quarterfinals, it can be said that no other teams will create greater upsets. Yes, it can only be created by the Riyadh Crescent.

After watching this 4:3 game, which game will you think of at the first time? Is Saudi Arabia defeating Argentina 2:1 in the 2022 World Cup group stage? Riyadh Crescent is a team in the Saudi League, so it is easy to remind people of the Saudi national team. Saudi Arabia's victory over Argentina is one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history, so these two games are full of equality.

In fact, when Riyadh Crescent scored the second goal and brought the score to 2:1, it already made people feel that Saudi Arabia will reappear in 2:1. After all, the two goals of Riyadh Crescent were almost the same as the time when Saudi Arabia reversed that year. They both scored two goals not long after the start of the second half. However, Manchester City is more troublesome than Argentina and pulls the game into overtime.

In terms of the result, Manchester City must be more unlucky than Argentina. After all, this is a knockout stage. If you lose, you will go home directly. Argentina only lost the first group stage at that time, and they still have room for fault tolerance. Otherwise, how could you get the last Hercules Cup?

So, from the perspective of unpopularity, Riyadh Crescent 4:3 Manchester City, Saudi Arabia 2:1 Argentina, which unpopularity is more shocking?

Let’s first look at the strength comparison between Manchester City and Argentina. At least, on paper, Manchester City is stronger. Argentina has Messi, but whether it is Di Maria, De Paul, Alvarez, Lautaro, and Martin, the lineup of these people, it is hard to say that they are the world's number one. Even in terms of paper strength, France, England, Spain, and Portugal were not worse than Argentina at that time.

And Manchester City has the top lineup in European football. Just looking at paper, I think they surpass Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, ​​and Liverpool. It can even be said that in direct comparison, Manchester City is better than Argentina.

But the key is the definition of Riyadh Crescent and Saudi Arabia.

Although from the Saudi League, the Riyadh Crescent obviously carries many elements outside of Saudi football. Mitrovic and Cancelo are all famous players who have been fighting in European football for many years. Among them, Cancelo also played for Manchester City. If the local players of Riyadh Crescent can generally represent the level of the Saudi national team, then with these European and South American stars, Riyadh Crescent's strength is definitely stronger than the Saudi national team.

You should know that Riyadh Crescent is considered a team at the dominant level of Asian football in 2020 to 2022, and has participated in the Club World Cup many times. They once defeated Flamenco 3:2, lost to Chelsea only 0:1, and reached the final of the Club World Cup, losing to Real Madrid 3:5. It can be seen that Riyadh Crescent has long created a character for himself who has seen the world. With the preparation of these past achievements, it is actually not unimaginable to defeat Manchester City 4:3.

But Saudi Arabia beat Argentina, who dares to think so before the game? At that time, everyone was thinking that if Argentina couldn't win three goals, it would be considered losing. Why don’t you take advantage of this good opportunity to get a few more goals? Germany played 8 and even Russia played 5. Argentina started at least 6 goals, right?

Therefore, Saudi Arabia beat Argentina, which is shocking and unpopular. Because, it's too unimaginable.

Compared with Riyadh Crescent's outstanding performance in the old version of the Club World Cup, Saudi Arabia has always had a low presence in the World Cup. They made a big splash in 1994, but they were only in the top 16. And since then, they have been playing the role of a World Cup bonus boy. It is this kind of character that greatly strengthens their unpopular feeling of defeating Argentina 2:1.

Therefore, these two games marked the glorious unpopularity of Saudi football, and what was even more shocking should be Saudi Arabia 2:1 Argentina.