The Saudi Arabian national team was one of the big surprises at this year’s World Cup in Qatar, and its players were not left empty-handed for their performance, which included a stunning victory against Leo Messi’s Argentina.

The architect of this major change in the football image of Saudi football players is the coach of the national team, Frenchman Herve Renard, who has given his own European stamp to the way the team plays.

More specifically, Saudi Arabia’s huge upset victory over Argentina with a final score of 1-2 in Qatar’s World Cup Group 3 opener created delirium of happiness and excitement throughout the Arab country, making it their biggest success in a major football organisation.

But a very important role in highlighting the football skills of the international football players of Saudi Arabia was also the support of the prince of the country, Mohammed bin Salman, who, after the unimaginable upset and the historic victory, decided to make each of the 26 footballers of the national team, a very special and particularly expensive gift: A Rolls-Royce Phantom!

Although the coveted qualification never came, the expensive cars will soon meet their new owners.

In fact, this was not the first time that a Saudi king gave a Rolls Royce to their footballers. In 1994, national team striker Saeed Al-Owairan, who scored a goal against Belgium considered one of the greatest World Cup goals of all time, also received a similar reward.

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