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Saudi Arabia and Uruguay played out a 1-1 gully successful their Group H World Cup opener connected Monday (June 15, 2026) aft Abdulelah Al Amri's opener for the Gulf federation was cancelled retired by Maxi Araujo successful a crippled wherever some sides profited from goalkeeping errors.
The first half was dominated by Uruguay but Saudi Arabia took the pb against the tally of play successful the 41st minute erstwhile Fernando Muslera made a costly mistake connected a set-piece, parrying the shot into the way of Al Amri who poked the shot past the seasoned keeper.
The majority of the 2nd play was played successful Saudi Arabia's half arsenic Uruguay frantically searched for an equaliser and their persistence paid disconnected erstwhile goalkeeper Mohammed Al Owais besides made an mistake erstwhile a save fell nicely for Araujo to fire home.
The gully leaves Group H finely poised aft the archetypal circular of games following Spain's gully with Cape Verde earlier connected Monday, with each 4 teams connected 1 constituent each.
