{"id":1920,"date":"2022-11-21T16:22:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T16:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:51:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:51:21","slug":"top-russian-official-warns-of-possible-nuclear-accident-at-zaporizhzhia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/politics\/top-russian-official-warns-of-possible-nuclear-accident-at-zaporizhzhia\/2022\/11\/21\/hasan\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia stun Argentina to pull off one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history"},"content":{"rendered":"

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Using<\/span> a<\/span> proprietary<\/span> ranking<\/span> system<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> complex<\/span> formula<\/span> that<\/span> considers<\/span> team<\/span> strength,<\/span> location<\/span> and<\/span> history,<\/span> Gracenote<\/span> has<\/span> ranked<\/span> 51st<\/span> ranked<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia<\/span> ahead<\/span> of<\/span> undefeated<\/span> Argentina<\/span> in<\/span> 36<\/span> international<\/span> competitions.<\/span> He<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> could<\/span> beat<\/span> the<\/span> team.<\/span> Famous<\/span> upsets<\/span> like<\/span> North<\/span> Korea’s<\/span> game<\/span> against<\/span> Italy<\/span> in<\/span> 1966<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> then-winner<\/span> against<\/span> Cameroon<\/span> in<\/span> 1990<\/span> against<\/span> Argentina<\/span> didn’t<\/span> make<\/span> the<\/span> top<\/span> 10<\/span> in<\/span> Gracenote. \"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Both<\/span> reached<\/span> the<\/span> quarter-finals,<\/span> proving<\/span> that<\/span> they<\/span> were<\/span> a<\/span> better<\/span> team<\/span> than<\/span> was<\/span> thought<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> time.<\/span> Gracenote’s<\/span> top<\/span> 10<\/span> surprises<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> World<\/span> Cup:<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia<\/span> 2<\/span> Argentina<\/span> 1<\/span> (8.7%<\/span> chance)<\/span> 2022.<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia<\/span> shock<\/span> Messi’s<\/span> Argentina<\/span> with<\/span> come-from-behind<\/span> victory<\/span> Head,<\/span> Warner<\/span> Hundreds<\/span> help<\/span> Australia<\/span> India<\/span> win<\/span> T20<\/span> series<\/span> against<\/span> New<\/span> Zealand<\/span> after<\/span> draw<\/span> in<\/span> Napier<\/span> Messi<\/span> ‘5’<\/span> against<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia<\/span> 0-0<\/span> World<\/span> No.<\/span> 51-ranked<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia<\/span> faced<\/span> a<\/span> team<\/span> hoping<\/span> to<\/span> equal<\/span> their<\/span> international<\/span> record<\/span> of<\/span> 37<\/span> unbeaten<\/span> games<\/span> at<\/span> halftime.<\/span> Things<\/span> seemed<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> going<\/span> well<\/span> when<\/span> Lionel<\/span> Messi<\/span> put<\/span> Argentina<\/span> ahead<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> penalty<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 10th<\/span> minute,<\/span> but<\/span> goals<\/span> from<\/span> Saleh<\/span> Al-Shehri<\/span> and<\/span> Salem<\/span> Al-Dawsari<\/span> dominated<\/span> early<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> second<\/span> half.<\/span> brought<\/span> a<\/span> surprise.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Using a proprietary ranking system and a complex formula that considers team strength, location and history, Gracenote has ranked 51st ranked Saudi Arabia ahead of undefeated Argentina in 36 international competitions. He said he could beat the team. Famous upsets like North Korea’s game against Italy in 1966 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,1,26,252,276,2407,2459],"tags":[339,340,341,269,337,338],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SAUDI.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1920"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions\/1941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}