Uruguay with two faces against Saudis - Al Owais defended almost everything for a big point

No winner in the second match of Group H at the World Cup

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Saudi Arabia did not do what it did at the premiere of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar when it demolished the great Argentina, but the draw with Uruguay showed that not only good club representative football is played in the Middle East.

The Saudis, who "pushed" the Argentines towards the "goddess" in November 2022, played 1-1 in Miami against the team led by Marcelo Bielsa.

These were not the "Urus" that the Chilean wants to see, for most of the match, despite being in control, they had a lot of trouble getting chances through the game...

They mostly did this from breakaways, and when they did start to grind down the opponent - in the last ten minutes - Saudi goalkeeper Al Owais made great saves.

And he is an absolute hero, he is the one who made Saudi Arabia win the opening point.

Uruguay opened the match better and threatened through Araujo and Vinas, and at the end of the first half the opponent became dangerous, so a mistake by goalkeeper Muslera helped the Saudis take the lead - it was the 41st minute when Al Amri scored the Uruguayan goal.

The continuation brought a much more aggressive Uruguay, ready to go for everything or nothing, and such a game had to be rewarded in some way.

Al Owais stopped Vinas twice, then the same player headed wide, and the equalizer was seen in the 80th minute when Araujo scored.

Vinjas took the shot, Al Ovais deflected the ball to Araujo, who made no mistake.

There were almost 20 minutes left, which was practically the length of time the siege of the Middle Eastern team's goal lasted, but the nets were no longer shaking - mostly thanks to Al Owais, who masterfully saved Valverde's shot against the post in stoppage time...

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