Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay Highlights 🌎🏆 2026 FIFA World Cup

We look, Loy, at Saudi Arabia starting 11. And there's a lot of familiarity with the Saudi Arabia team. Every player plays in their Saudi Pro League except for one. That is certainly something that will aid them in this game tonight. The outside backs of Al-Harbi and Abdul-Hamid will be key components as they will not only look to get forward and join into the attack, but they also have to track back and be responsible defensively. But it is the movement up front with those front three, specifically Al-Dasari. They need to make sure that they have constant outlets throughout this match in order to break the high press of what we expect to see from Uruguay. And as for Uruguay, there is a lot of talent and a lot of expectations on this team. So getting off to a strong start is going to be essential. The center back of Cáceres, he is their most leader and most important defender. But up top, all eyes are going to be on Núñez. Even though he's been in a goal-scoring drought for the national team, he is still a clinical attacker. Turning, squaring it. Here comes the shot. Right at goal, punched away by Al-Awaz. Good stop, had some power to it. First corner, coming up for Uruguay. It's a pass-expelled possession. The fluidity from Uruguay pinning Saudi Arabia back. The one thing that Saudi Arabia has to do... Out-swinging ball, centrally. Not a down, but right at goal to Al-Awaz, making his 66th appearance in goal for Saudi Arabia. It has to show up in the biggest moments when they need it. Saudi Arabia got it after Al-Jawar had it, then the shot went well wide. Muslera knew that was going wide. He didn't move. Trying to find the balance of when to keep possession and when to go quickly to have flicks, little combination play, because that's how you're going to beat a team that goes man-to-man deep in their own half. There's a little combination play, the ability to have... Still forward, other times to stay back in the back three. Long for Núñez. Push down, or so it appeared. That play's still going on. No whistle. Rugby, anyone? Really, no need to be in this situation. Obviously, he's trying to go for the ball, but the player's already down. It looks funnier when you're watching the replay. Dropped back. Bentoncourt, right-side gorilla. Cut it back. Not cleared out. Uruguay, maybe with a chance, lopped it in. Headed it across. Dabby, and a save! Alawise! That's not only the save of the game, but one of the saves of this tournament. An appellant save from Alawise. Just comes across. Was trying to track that one down to see if he could make a cross so quickly. But this is what you expect from this Uruguayan team. It's a combination play on that right-hand side. Excellent first touch to be able to break free. And then they just overload you with numbers. They suffocate you. Send players forward. So difficult to defend. You see the scrambling at the last second. But Alawise does such a good job to continue to read the play. From distance. Vina, curling it in. Puts it away by Alawise. And he got nailed on that. It's a foul on Uruguay. Fair challenge for the ball, but a foul. Well, and it all starts on that. The trouble of Saudi Arabia. And then they can't get out. Allows for Uruguay to be able to switch the point of play. Get an open look. Good-looking punch away from Alawise to come out. Be brave. And then Nunez coming through. Catches him on the side. Draws the foul. That is the one time that we've seen this person. Here's Saudi Arabia coming back. They've got five on the attack. Skillful dribbling there. And then the takedown. No card. At least not yet. Just the foul. Free kick. Saudi Arabia. And a dynamic attack. As soon as Varela loses that possession. Going to release one of their players in. But instead just continues to keep a hold of it. He's going to drop off. Al-Jawar will take it. Floats one in. Punched away by Muslera. Well done. Quality chance. Quality save. And a thoughtful idea just to try to float that with another attacker's head. But Muslera reads it the entire way. Comes out. 38th minute. Al-Jawar is ready to strike. To the middle. It bounces. Save again by Muslera. Loving Al-Amri. And that was a chance right there. Excellent delivery from behind the ball. So as soon as this popped out. Amri's in a great position to collect it. I love this idea. Doesn't try to blast it. Just tries to side foot it to the far post. Whip to the far post. Makes it easy for Muslera. Short corner. Al-Dasari sending one up. Headed towards goal. Headed right back across. It's swinging and it's there. Saudi Arabia getting closer. Well, this is the point I was making. The susceptible on set pieces. Uruguay. Nervy moments defensively. There's Mielsa. Nobody sees right now. Everybody's scrambling. Another opportunity. There's that previous chance though. Trying to use the defender just to whip it around. Going to that point. JP is. No fouls. Apparently. Abdulhamid. Now he got taken out. And that's going to go out of play. Another corner. Corner, yeah. Al-Jawar. To the middle. Headed. Save. Rebound. Goal. That's Al-Amri. Saudi Arabia leads. Well, sometimes it's just about wanting it just a little bit more. And it all starts with the delivery. Excellent delivery to that far post. They make first contact. But then this is about wanting it more. Just at the last second. Muslera trying to do whatever he can to keep it out the back of the net. Al-Amri. Wanting it more. First one to react. There's the bubble at the last second. And then all he has to do is get there first. A little toe poke into the back of the net to put Saudi Arabia up. His second international goal. Puts Saudi Arabia into the lead with a first goal in Group H today. What a goal that is. And the timing of the goal. A few different opportunities off the set pieces. Well, if the score stays like this. If they have lots to talk about in that Uruguay locker room. Two players are down for Uruguay in separate incidents. And now a yellow card was just issued. Well, first is Abdul Hamid coming through. And then there's the high boot right there. Actually, knee into the head of Rujo. Yep. Ado Ujo. Curling ball to the middle. Headed. Saving it. Al-Aziz. Robbing Vines. Al-Aziz has been up for the task tonight. 25 minutes. Four minutes added on. The minimum. And stoppage time. Ado Ujo. Settles. The shot towards goal. Quick. But the flag was up. Well, a bit of warning signs late in this. Everyone has to drop. In the end, they get lucky. Because Arujo just started his run a little bit too early. Offside. Just cutting in behind. Abdul Hamid. But they have to drop a little bit quicker. Just to be able to pick off that ball. Make it much more comfortable for themselves. Massive triple header with France. Senegal tomorrow. Followed by Iraq. Norway. And then the reigning World Cup champions. Argentina. Versus Al-Aziz. Benton Four. To the right. Varela. Curling ball in. Header. Save Al-Aziz. Another big save. Excellent ball in. There's Uruguay again. Into the box. A slip. It looked like. More than anything else. But that's the tempo that we've been talking about. Immediately just changed the pace of. The ability to be difficult for Saudi Arabia to defend. There's that first header. Diving header from Vinyas. Does so well. Just across his defender. And Muslera has to come across. That was well done. Left side. Sanabria. Into the box. Headed high. And wide. Much better in the second half. And you can see what Bintucor was looking for. He saw that run and trying to play it. But it's the positioning. Behind the play that allows him to regain possession. In just the last second you can see. Vinyas. Laid off by Varela. Then the cross. Goes wide. Roger Penderbilt. Because everybody right now for Saudi Arabia is going to ground. Last ditch defending. They're still tracking marks. Varela. Oh. Player went down to the box. Canobio. Asking for a call. Not getting one. Lugarte. Caught the post. It was that close. To 1-1. Well look how deep Saudi Arabia is. And that's just because they're overloading Uruguay. Right before that Canobio is asking for the foul. As Blue had been taken off. But Lugarte is coming across. And it's just a lovely little play. Just to say we're not going to force this issue. There's a. It looked like potential foul on Canobio. But Lugarte comes in from underneath. The second wave of an attack. Gets a good look on this one. Really unfortunate though. Through traffic. To ricochet off that far post. And Israel looks to be. Got it. Oh he does get the touch. He was in full strike. Yep. Couldn't tell live. But Nasser Al-Basari. Goes for Al-Hilal. Seven Al-Hilal players on this. Saudi Arabian side. Let's see who's going to be coming out. It's hit like three times by Ecuador. And Ecuador loses. And we thought this would be very similar. And it right now has proven to be. Both teams have. Canobia tucking it in. That one's blocked. Oh. Late whistle. And that's going to be a yellow card for. I would think dissent. Unless he's going to get a break. Referee's body language. Seemed to indicate he was going to go for the pocket. Laverde drives it. Save again. Laverde's got a piece. And then it's blocked. Second half. Zero. For Saudi Arabia. We've been talking about the hydration break. And what that allows for a lot of these teams too. And if one team has momentum. And the other doesn't. And so for Saudi Arabia. Been defending for their lives. The second half. And now the hydration break. Allows. Al-Brikan to be able to settle the ball. Get a cruise. We'll push it left. They get closer. Into the box. Headed down. Save. Another one. And they tie it at one. Big goal for Al-Hilal. Well, you felt it coming. That entire attack started with. Saudi Arabia trying to play out too casually. They recycle it. They continue to pepper the goal. And then the last second. Those types of balls. Ripped in behind. Have proven to be so. Difficult for Saudi Arabia to deal with. As good as Al-Hilal has been throughout this game. Gives up the rebound. But then look at the numbers. Al-Hilal is the first one to react. Just side foots. It keeps it on frame. That's all you have to do. What a wonderful header initially. To force the save. But then there's the two players on the far post. Unmarked inside the 18-yard box. They follow it up. And then get the equalizer. And guess who came out of the game after that. That was his last kick of the game. Arujo subbed out for. Good shape behind the ball. To be able to retain possession. Al-Hilal dribbled toward the box. Low shot. That was a screamer though. From Rodriguez on the far side. Oh, that's a fresh point in the game. And there's a decisiveness that we've talked about. From our angle. It looked like it was headed to the far corner. And Al-Hilal wasn't going to have anything to say about it. Much more lighter than it looked initially. Sanabri was calling for the ball. And now we'll get it finally. The cross. Punched out by allies. Right now Saudi Arabia is just fighting to get a point out of this. Abdul-Amin now still going. That's hot. I think players stopped thinking it was going to be a whistle. Yeah, so loud in that round. Valverde dispossesses him. And she had a play. 89th minute. Uruguay looking to create this. In front. Knocked away. This should be a corner. It is. Left side. Sanabri into the box. Second ball. Got to be the goalkeepers. He punched it out. Al-Hilal just slows the time down. You also allowed to shift over to your Saudi Arabia defensively. You're just trying to manage the game a little bit better. Left side. Here's Uruguay testing that. Cut back. Ball. Safe. Off Delacruz. There's a little bit of naivety with Adonis just being his first international experience. Referee looks like he's going to allow these subs. Abdul-Amin will be one of the players coming out. These guys played well. They just didn't play well, Lori, for 90 minutes. First 45. Fantastic. Ready on the corner. They'll go short. Valverde. The shot low. Fighting on a piece, we'll see. I think so. My goodness. He seems to be in some pain as well. If he does get a piece of this, this might be the best save that we've seen in this. He did. And actually. Was it deflected? Yeah, just a little bit tighter to him than I initially thought, because Valverde just lined up inside of the foot, trying to bend it. Off that corner. And that's wide. Eight saves for Alois. Here's another look. I mean, look at this attempt from Valverde. Just through traffic, trying to whip it around some defenders. We see he's screened Alois at the last second. To be able to get down in that moment and then just tip it wide. Valverde. Sending it in low. That was deflected. Stays in play. Pinocchio. Nicely done. Valverde. Blocked out as well. It's another corner. Seven initially from distance. Low shot. Scooped out. They're hanging on. Well, at some point in time, somebody's got to step to the shooter. To the left. Into the box. It comes. Headed across. As a pass, not as a shot. Stays in the field. Rodriguez into the box. In the middle. Coming back out. Sanabria. And that may be it. Let's see. Heard a whistle. Everybody's looking back. But it's for an injured player. And now it's official. Game over. 1-1. Fair? Fair. Really, the first half all Saudi Arabia. The second half, Uruguay. 1-1 is your final score. El-Amri scoring to give Saudi Arabia the lead. And then Araujo with a game-tying goal.