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 Others thought about what the win meant for Saudi Arabia's youth.

“My children and I watched our country make history today. My son will grow up knowing our team is a winner and we can stand our own against anyone, including the giants like Messi and Argentina,” said Sherif Ahmed, a Saudi football fan in Jeddah.

“I picked my kids up from school and we are going out to celebrate. They are wearing the Saudi team t-shirts, which I assume will be hard to get off now.”

Tuesday was Saudi Arabia’s first World Cup game. They will now face Mexico and Poland later this month.

Soraya Ebrahimi reports:

Group C matches got under way on Tuesday with Saudi Arabia beating Argentina 2-1 and Poland holding Mexico to a goalless draw.

In Group D, France thrashed Australia 4-1, while the match between Tunisia and Denmark produced another goalless draw.

On Wednesday, Group E games see Germany face Japan and Belgium take on Canada.

In Group F, Morocco will play Croatia with Spain facing Costa Rica ohn McAuley reports:

The world champions, shaken by injury and shorn of premium players, are up and running regardless.

On Tuesday, France began the defence of the crown they captured in the Moscow rain four and a half years ago, reeling still from a host of absentees to their 2022 crew, but then moved through the gears to see off Australia.
 

Perhaps they were stunned into action at Al Janoub Stadium. For Australia, to the surprise of many, scored first.

On nine minutes, Mathew Leckie squared across the French penalty area for Craig Goodwin to convert high beyond opposing captain Hugo Lloris.

Coming on the same day that Saudi Arabia upset Argentina with a victory for the ages, surely lightning could not strike twice? It didn’t.

Clearly keen to avoid a similar embarrassment, France hit back, twice in five minutes, either side of the half hour.

Substitute Theo Hernandez – his brother Lucas Hernandez looked to have badly injured his knee and could not continue – crossed perfectly for Adrien Rabiot, who headed home.