Argentina national team overshadowed by the poor result against Croatia who look to the semi-finals World Cup 2022. Albiceleste believes this match will be different.
At the Lusail Iconic Stadium, on Wednesday (14/12/2022) WIB early morning, the semi-final of the 2022 World Cup between Argentina and Croatia took place. Argentina knocked out the Netherlands in the quarterfinals, while Croatia beat Brazil.
Argentina vs Croatia is a replay of the 2018 World Cup group stage match. At that time, Argentina and Croatia competed at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod on June 21, 2018.
As a result, Argentina were beaten by three unanswered goals. Croatia, who were also coached by Zlatko Dalic at the time, won thanks to goals from Ante Rebic, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic.
One of the Argentine backline players at the time was Nicolas Tagliafico. For this match, Tagliafico believes he will go differently.
“It’s been four years now, but we see Croatia is still in the top four, they’re in the semifinals and that means they did very well,” Tagliafico told reporters at the Qatar National Convention Center.
“They are a good team, they are a good team. There are similarities, but they have different players with different characteristics. We also have a different team now. So I would say this game will be very different than four years ago.”
“I think the game will be played differently, but we will have our weapons and we will use the experience of four years ago,” he added.
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