King Salman of Saudi Arabia declared a public vacation within the nation to mark the nationwide group's gorgeous victory over Lionel Messi's Argentina on the 2022 World Cup on Tuesday.
The Inexperienced Falcons' 2-1 overcome one of many world's top-ranked groups is among the many largest shock ends in the historical past of the match.
The general public vacation will likely be for all state staff "and the personal sector, and female and male college students in all academic phases," the federal government introduced Tuesday night.
"That is soccer. Typically issues are utterly loopy," mentioned Saudi Arabia coach Hervé Renard, who has coached Saudi Arabia since 2019. "All the celebs aligned for us."
After his group's win, Renard steered Argentina, which is No. 3 within the FIFA rating, most likely underestimated Saudi Arabia — the second-lowest ranked group within the match after Ghana.
"The motivation isn't like you might be taking part in Brazil," Renard, who's French, mentioned of Argentina's group.
"We made historical past for Saudi soccer ... It would keep eternally. That is a very powerful. However we additionally want to consider trying ahead as a result of we nonetheless have two video games which are very, very troublesome for us."
Each groups nonetheless have Mexico and Poland to play throughout group phases.
Even neighboring rulers embraced the win: Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, congratulated the group in a tweet and Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, wrapped himself within the Saudi flag.