Argentina falls in its worst World Cup debut 1:06
(CNN Spanish) --
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Can I eat cake? Or are you going to charge me offside?"
The meme of a photo of Leo Messi with that message went around the internet this morning, while the Argentines watched over and over again as the judge charged them with an advanced position in their match against Saudi Arabia.
Argentina suffered a historic 2-1 defeat against the Middle Eastern nation on Tuesday in its World Cup debut in Qatar.
The Albiceleste team, one of the great favorites to win the World Cup, arrived in Qatar with a memorable 36-game unbeaten record that they achieved in the South American qualifiers and the games they have played in the last three years.
The data that reflects the historic defeat of Argentina against Saudi Arabia
But now Saudi Arabia, only with little possession of the ball and great effectiveness, defeated the team led by Lionel Scaloni.
The advanced positions cost the Argentine team dearly.
Three goals were disallowed due to
offside
.
The albiceleste had 10 advanced positions in this game against 6 in the entire 2018 World Cup in Russia, in which they played 4 games.
The two Argentine players who were
offside
the most times were Ángel Di María and Lautaro Martínez, 3 each.
And, of course, ingenuity flooded Twitter with memes featuring Messi, the World Cup mascot, characters from The Simpsons, President Alberto Fernández and even Pope Francis.
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The memes of the match Argentina - Saudi Arabia
Cake can I eat?
Or are you going to charge me offside?
pic.twitter.com/cSkQmxa0ra
– Lucas (@vacomotrompada) November 22, 2022
– goal
– what?
– I say offside
– aaahh it seemed to me pic.twitter.com/KyVoGYIlTw
— vasquito (@ferarriza) November 20, 2022
FOR YOU EVERYTHING IS OFFSIDE SO FORGIVE ME FOR BEING SO OFFSIDE pic.twitter.com/fmhrjIiS7X
— dew 🇦🇷 (@evermione) November 22, 2022
-i love
you -offside
— Esteban Pontoriero (@ponto_esteban) November 22, 2022
Argentina if the offside did not exist: pic.twitter.com/J9KcX2g1Bb
— Out of Context Forum (@OocForistic) November 22, 2022
Nobody expected it, Argentina del Dibu and Messi rode the qualifying rounds and Arabia landed them in the World Cup #FIFAWorldCup #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/gM1ZfD44hY
— Soccer Dummies (@DummiesFutbol) November 22, 2022
The 2 GOATs 🐐🐐 pic.twitter.com/fIEe4H8mcn
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) November 22, 2022
-Arab bread tax pic.twitter.com/o9N6np7B6c
— Elmo Delo (@DeloElmo) November 22, 2022
argentina:
var scores a goal: pic.twitter.com/RP8rAJ3ckd
— shots (@httomas_) November 22, 2022
And in the memes after the game, Mexico appeared, with whom Argentina will face next Saturday in what will be their second game of the group stage.
The Mexican team seeing how Argentina is going to take it out on them 🥺 pic.twitter.com/WbzpXoS2mI
— Fer Ont ♕ (@ferontiveross) November 22, 2022
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