No Team Losing… Asian Nations Extend Unbeaten Streak to 6 Matches

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The World Cup sensation sparked by our national team's victory continued today, June 16. Following Iran's performance earlier, Saudi Arabia also secured a 1-1 draw against the powerhouse Uruguay, extending the unbeaten streak for Asian nations to six matches.

Bae Jeonghun reports.

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Saudi Arabia was pushed back throughout the match against South American powerhouse Uruguay, but they did not miss a crucial opportunity in the 41st minute of the first half.

The ball, connected via a header from a corner kick, was barely parried by the Uruguayan goalkeeper, but Al-Amri rushed in to kick it home for the opening goal.

Having taken a "surprise lead," Saudi Arabia faced an even fiercer offensive in the second half.

They allowed a staggering 22 shots in the second half alone, and eventually conceded an equalizer to Uruguay's Araujo in the 35th minute of the second half.

Saudi Arabia managed to hold on to the 1-1 draw, thanks to a series of miraculous saves by goalkeeper Al-Owais, who fended off numerous crises thereafter.

[Donis / Saudi Arabia National Team Head Coach: It is very important and valuable to me that our defense and goalkeeper protected the balls coming into the box until the end. I send my congratulations to the defense.]

With this result, Asian nations in this tournament have maintained an "unbeaten streak" of 2 wins and 4 draws across 6 matches.

Starting with South Korea's comeback victory against the Czech Republic, Australia showed their potential by defeating Türkiye, and following Japan's competitive performance against "title contender" the Netherlands, even Qatar and Saudi Arabia—previously considered underdogs—have recorded draws, tripping up European and South American powerhouses.

As Egypt and Belgium also drew 1-1, all four matches today ended in draws, marking the first time in 68 years since 1958 that a record of "four draws in a single day" has occurred.

(Video Editing: Ha Seong-won)
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