‘The hand of God helped us overcome Argentina’ says Herve Renard

 

Herve Renard, the Saudi Arabia national team coach,  has dedicated his team’s group c opening match victory against Argentina to God.

 

 

Renard, who made this known in an interview with ESPN  in Qatar, said there are things you can’t explain in life, and since you don’t know how it happened,  you have to give the credit to God.

 

 

“It was obvious that Argentina was far better than us on paper and the field. Before the game, I  told my boys to try and do what will make football fans remember them for many years because they may not have another chance to do it again, and the rest is history,” he said.

 

 

 

Renard disclosed that it is not over yet because Saudi Arabia still has two more matches to play against better FIFA-ranked sides to qualify from the group.

 

 

The former Zambia and Morocco national teams coach said he ran down to the tunnel after the final whistle because he was jittery and needed to calm down.

 

 

He added: ” At the end of the game, I saw my players rolling on the field, I couldn’t hold my emotion, and I had to go elsewhere to cool off.

 

 

Argentina was one game away from equalling Italy’s 36-game unbeaten run, the highest so far at the international level.

 

 

Saudi Arabia is leading the pack in group C with 3 points from one match after Mexico settled for a goalless draw with Poland.