A “verbal altercation.” The Saudi defender reveals what he said to Messi during the confrontation between the two teams and the reason for the altercation

Saudi defender Ali Al-Bulayhi spoke about what he said to Argentine star Lionel Messi, during their argument in the match between their two countries, yesterday, Tuesday, in the group stage of the Qatar World Cup

The result was that Argentina advanced first with the goal of carrying Messi’s signature from a penalty kick in the tenth minute, before Saleh Al-Shehri scored the equalizer in the 49th minute, and 6 minutes later Salem Al-Dosari added the second goal for Saudi Arabia with a wonderful shot

Al-Bulayhi appeared after Saudi Arabia scored the second goal, shouting at Messi instead of celebrating the goal with his teammates


Messi did not respond to Al-Bulayhi’s provocations, and then the players of the two teams intervened to keep them away from each other

And after the end of the match, Saudi Arabia achieved a historic and surprising victory, 2-1, Al-Bulayhi said that he was shouting and telling Messi, “You will not be able to beat us, you will not be able to beat us

Saudi Arabia will play in the second round of the World Cup Qatar against Poland, next Saturday, while Argentina will meet Mexico on the same day