Saudi King announced a holiday after the shock win over Argentina World news

Saudi King Salman has declared a national holiday after the country’s impressive soccer team won the World Cup on Tuesday over Argentina, state media reported.

The 86-year-old king “ordered that tomorrow, Thursday, be a holiday for all public and private workers, as well as male and female students at all levels of education,” Al-Ekhbariya channel reported on Twitter.

The move comes in the middle of the final tests in the Gulf country, which show that they will have to reset.

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The Saudi Green Falcons bounced from receiving an early Lionel Messi penalty to produce one of the biggest World Cup shocks thanks to a Saleh Al-Shehri organizer and a high Salem Al-Dawsari winner at the Lusail Stadium in Doha.

Celebrations broke out across the capital Riyadh after the final whistle blew, with fans doing irregular dance circles and waving the national flag emblazoned with swords from the windows of speeding cars.

Al-Ekhbariya posted pictures of King Salman’s son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, celebrating after watching the game with a group that included energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.

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Turki al-Sheikh, adviser at the Royal Court and head of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, announced on Twitter that admission fees will be waived at major theme parks and entertainment centers in Riyadh on Tuesday.

Few could have predicted that Herve Renard’s Green Falcons, ranked 51st in the world, would face the two-time world champions led by the ever-present Messi, who has seven Ballon d’Ors to his name soak.

The group’s match will take place on Saturday against Poland.