Saudi Arabia 0-0 Argentina: Sabella's side subdued in stalemate
Saudi Arabia 0-0 Argentina: Sabella`s side subdued in
stalemateRiyadh: Argentina laboured to a goalless draw against
Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, as the likes of Lionel Messi and Sergio
Aguero struggled to showcase their talents.  Albiceleste coach
Alejandro Sabella will be unable to take many positives after
his men turned in a dour display, not least because they
appeared short of ideas in trying to carve open the Saudi back-
line.  Messi drew a smart save from goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah
with a curling shot from 20 yards, after some neat link-up play
with Aguero early on, but it was the hosts who came closest to
breaking the deadlock on 19 minutes, only for Naser Al-Shamrani
to shoot tamely at Sergio Romero.  The visitors constantly
looked for a killer ball through or over the Saudi defence, but
more often that not either Messi or Aguero were caught offside.
And the home team thought they had taken a shock lead when
Mohammad Al Sahlawi headed in Sa