André Carrillo: why did he become a trend after Saudi Arabia's victory?

Against all odds, Saudi Arabia national team has achieved a result that allows them to dream of advancing to the next round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, in the first match of group C. After this feat, national forward André Carrillo quickly became viral on different social media platforms. In La República, we tell you the reasons.

After surprising by defeating the 'Albiceleste' team, Saudi Arabia national team delivered the first blow in the World Cup, to the point where the king of the Asian country declared a national holiday for both the public and private sectors.

In addition, Peruvian footballer André Carrillo, who plays for Al Hilal in the Saudi Arabian first division, did not hide his feelings for the national team of that country. For this reason, as soon as the official line-ups were made public, he posted a message of support to his teammates. "Let's go, guys," it can be read.

The popular 'Culebra' belongs to the Al Hilal team in Saudi Arabia; however, he acted as just another fan of the Green team, as he is a teammate of nine of the players who started the actions against Argentina, who are the following:

• Mohammed Al-Owais
• Saud Abdulhamid
• Ali Al-Bulaihi
• Yasir Al-Shahrani
• Abdulellah Al-Malki
• Salman Al-Faraj
• Mohamed Kanno
• Salem Al-Dawsari
• Saleh Al-Shehri

It is worth mentioning that the 'Culebra' has a lot of continuity in Asian football, where he is one of the key players for his team.