Saudi Arabia is celebrating today after pulling off one of the greatest World Cup shocks by beating Lionel Messi's Argentina yesterday. The country immediately declared a national holiday for today (November 23) to celebrate their team's incredible win.
This means all public and private sector employees and students have been given the day off as jubilant scenes were seen in the country yesterday. No one saw the 2-1 comeback win against one of the tournament's favourites coming, with Saudi Arabia being one of the lowest ranked teams in the tournament.
Messi put the South American side in the lead early into the game and many would have thought this would be the first of many goals in a predicted comfortable win. However, Argentina were left to regret disallowed goals before Saudi Arabia scored two stunning goals and held on for the shock victory.
