Not all players who have faced the Argentine national team in a World Cup can say that they defeated it with an unforgettable goal. Salem Al-Dawsari Yeah. The person in charge of scare to the Albiceleste in 2022, today faces the Merengue club at the premiere of the World Cup event.
Al-Dawsari, his passage through Villarreal and his goal in Qatar
In November 2022when the world expected Lionel's debut Messi and Qatar It was a walk, a shot of the Saudi end changed everything. He was the author of the goal He signed the champion's only defeat throughout the tournament, And since then his goal was recorded in the collective memory of world football.
Al-Dawsari marks Arabia's second goal on Argentina in Qatar 2022. (Ap Photo/Luca Bruno)
Hoy, Al-Dawsari It is reunited with another giant. He Real Madrid in the debut of both world club teams. Captain and symbol of a generation that has elevated Saudi football to new borders, the player 33 years He leads his club with the ambition to sign another feat.
His tour to this scenario is atypical. In 2018 was part of the joint project between LaLiga and the Saudi Federation which sent several young talents to Spanish clubs. He touched the Villarreal. Just He played 33 minutesbut it was in a game with history: day 38 against Real Madrid, where He saw from the field the last official goal of Cristiano Ronaldo with the white shirt.
Carvajal (D) plays a ball against Salem to Dawsari, from Villarreal, during the First Division League match played tonight at the Ceramics Stadium. EFE/Domenech Castelló
After that brief step in Spain, he returned home. And there he won everything. More than 450 games with al-Hilal, six leagues and two AFC Champions They endorse it. And as added, too He scored in his club's victory against Flamengo in the 2023 Club World Cup.
