World Championship. Semi final.
Argentina – Croatia – 3:0
Messi, 34 (pen.), Alvarez, 39, 69
Livakovich, 32, Kovacic, 33
Argentina: E. Martinez – Tagliafico, Otamendi, Romero, Molina (Voyt, 87) – Mac Allister (Correa, 87), Fernandez, Paredes (Lisandro Martinez, 62), De Paul – Alvarez (Dybala, 74), Messi.
Substitutes: Armani, Rougli, Gomez, Montiel, Pezzella, Palacios, Almada, Di Maria, Rodriguez, Lautaro Martinez.
Croatia: Livakovic – Sosa (Orsic, 46), Guardiol, Lovren, Yuranovich – Modric (Mayer, 81), Brozovic (Petkovic, 50), Kovacic – Perisic, Kramaric (Livaya, 72), Pasalic (Vlasic, 46).
Subs: Grbic, Ivusic, Stanisic, Barisic, Erlich, Budimir, Vida, Shutalo, Suchic, Yakic.
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Chios, Italy).
Stage: Lusail Aikonik (Lusail, Qatar).
The semi-final of the World Cup will take place on Tuesday 13 December, in which Argentina and Croatia will compete. The match will be played in Lusail (Qatar), on the field of the Lusail Aikonik stadium, starting at 21:00.
The defeat in the first match of the group stage against Saudi Arabia (1:2), despite its sensational character, did not break the Argentine national team, which a few days earlier gave a wonderful thriller in the battle against the Netherlands for a place in the top four teams at the World Cup. Like their future rivals, the Croatians, Lionel Scaloni’s team reached the semifinals on penalties, but the success of the “chess” team amazed even the level of rivals – the Brazilian national team. Zlatko Dalic’s players have not yet lost in the current draw, and the current silver medalists are unlikely to want to cede to their predecessors in this status.
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