🇶🇦 FIFA World Cup 2022 - Round One: Opening Ceremony, Match Previews, Fixtures, Stats, Results, Live Updates and More

Tim Weah is the first USMNT player born in the 2000s to score at the World Cup :star_struck:

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Gareth Bale has now recorded 8 goal involvements in his 6 appearances in this FIFA World Cup cycle (qualifiers + finals):

:soccer::soccer::soccer: v Belarus
:no_entry_sign: v Estonia
:a: v Belarus
:soccer::soccer: v Austria
:soccer: v Ukraine
:soccer: v USA

Who else? :wales:🔥

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Wales’ all time World Cup group stage results:

:handshake: 1-1 vs Hungary
:handshake: 1-1 vs Mexico
:handshake: 0-0 vs Sweden
:handshake: 1-1 vs USA

The drawing dragons. :dragon:

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Kieffer Moore’s game by numbers vs USA:

45 minutes played
25 touches
5 touches in opp. box (most for Wales)
3 final third entries
3 duels won
2 aerial duels won
1 chance created

The game changed with his introduction. :muscle:

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18 - The USA hasn’t kept a clean sheet in any of its last 18 World Cup matches against European opposition, last doing so in a 1-0 win over England in 1950. Next.

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The attendance for Senegal vs. Netherlands was announced as 41,721.

The official capacity of the Al Thumama Stadium stadium in Qatar is 40,000.

Here are some photos of the stands…

#QatarWorldCup2022

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Virgil van Dijk on why he chose not to wear the OneLove captain’s armband :speaking_head:

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:us: :ghana: Today, Yunus Musah, 19-year-old has become the youngest American ever to start at the World Cup.Yunus was born while his Ghanaian parents were on vacation in New York.

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Saves made at the World Cup so far:

4 - Andries Noppert
2 - Matt Turner
1 - Hossein Hosseini, Wayne Hennessey, Saad Al Sheeb, Jordan Pickford, Édouard Mendy

:gloves:

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Clear your schedules. We have a full day of football!

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:white_check_mark: 2006
:white_check_mark: 2014
:white_check_mark: 2018
:white_check_mark: 2022

Messi becomes the first Argentinian to score in four World Cups! :sparkles:

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:astonished::astonished::astonished:

HT: Argentina 1-0 Saudi Arabia

53’: Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia

THE WORLD CUP!

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Saleh Al-Shehri’s strike is the first goal Argentina have conceded in the last 498’ of play — before today, they last conceded in a 1–1 draw v Ecuador on 30 March.

Saudi Arabia equalized with their first shot of the match! :clap::clap:

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Argentina had three goals disallowed in the first half :sweat_smile:

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Seismic upset: Saudi Arabia beat Argentina 2-1 ! :flushed:

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Saudia Arabia have ended Argentina’s 36-game unbeaten streak in the first game of the World Cup :x:

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The moment this World Cup came to life :camera_flash:



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Some of the reported attendances in Qatar don’t quite add up :eyes:

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Saudi Arabia scored twice in 5 minutes against Argentina.

Manager Lionel Scaloni chose to start Otamendi and Romero over Martinez :eyes:

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One of the biggest shocks in World Cup history.

Saudi Arabia have SHOCKED the world.

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