Namun hingga babak pertama berakhir, tidak ada gol tambahan yang kembali tercipta. Argentina pun harus puas unggul 1-0 atas Arab Saudi hingga turun minum.
Susunan Pemain
Argentina (4-5-1): Damian Martinez; Nicolas Tagliafico, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Nahuel Molina; Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Alejandro Gomez; Lautaro Martinez.
Cadangan: Franco Armani, Geronimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Gonzalo Montiel, German Pezzella, Marcos Acuna Julian Alvarez, Exequiel Palacios, Angel Correa, Thiago Almada, Rodriguez Guido, Alexis Mac Allister, Paulo Dybala, Enzo Fernandez, Lisandro Martinez.
Pelatih: Lionel Scaloni.
Arab Saudi (4-4-2): Mohamed Al Owais; Ali Albulayhi, Saud Abdulhamid, Yasser Alshahrani, Hassan Altambakti; Abdulelah Almalki, Salem Aldawsari, Saleh Alshehri, Mohamed Kanno; Salam Alfaraj (Nawaf Al Abid 45'), Feras Albrikan.
Cadangan: Mohammadeh Alyami, Nawaf Alaqidi, Sultan Alghannam, Abdulla Madu, Abdulelah Alamri, Mohammed Alburayk, Abdullah Otayf, Ali Alhassan, Sami Alnaji, Nawaf Al Abid, Hatan Bahri, Abdulrahman Alobud, Nasser Aldawsari, Haitam Asiri, Riyadh Sharahili.
Pelatih: Herve Renard.