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Saudi Arabia's 'crazy' manager Herve Renard gave the half-time team talk of his life to inspire their fightback against Argentina on Tuesday.
Lionel Messi's early penalty gave his country the lead, and the damage could have been worse for Saudi Arabia, except for three goals ruled offside by the officials.
But midfielder Abdulellah Al-Malki revealed after the game that Renard's words in the break were all the inspiration that they needed to score twice in the second half without reply to secure one of the World Cup's greatest shocks in living memory.
Herve Renard's inspirational half-time team talk inspired Saudi Arabia's unlikely comeback
Al-Malki told the Alkass Sports channel: 'We have a crazy coach. He motivated us during half-time, telling us stuff that made us want to eat the grass [run themselves into the ground].'
His motivational work was also an important factor pre-game, as they went into the
