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Miami Herald
Miami Herald
Sport
David J. Neal

Saudi Arabia’s defeat of Argentina ranks with these as the World Cup’s biggest upsets

The biggest World Cup upset ever? Well, Saudi Arabia bettering Argentina 2-1 is definitely the biggest World Cup upset of the 2020s.

Calm down, we know this is the first World Cup since 2018. But Tuesday morning’s shocker definitely deserves a place on the list of soccer royalty expected to contend for the championship getting slapped by countries expected to be three-and-done in group play.

Fans of Argentina can take heart that, in two of these cases, the victimized side came back to make the World Cup Final.

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