The semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup will begin on Tuesday evening, with Argentina facing Croatia at the “Lusail” stadium, in the penultimate stage of the dream.
The first semi-final match will be played World Cup 2022 Between Argentina and Croatia at 9 pm today, Tuesday, at the Lusail Stadium.
The Argentine national team qualified for the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup, after a penalty against the Netherlands smiled at them, 4 kicks to 3, after the 120-minute positive draw was settled with two goals per team.
The Croatian national team, on the other hand, snatched the pass for the semifinals of the 2022 World Cup after also beating Brazil on penalties after a draw with one goal per team in 120 minutes, and winning the penalty shootout with 4 penalties. two kicks.
Argentina vs Croatia.. Messi leads the tango dancers in front of the warriors
Argentina vs Croatia.. the long-term match of the 2022 World Cup
Looking at the two teams’ progress at the 2022 World Cup before Argentina’s match against Croatia today, we will find that we are facing the two teams that have spent the most minutes in the tournament so far.
The start is with the Croatian national team, who reached the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup after reaching penalties in the round of 16 against Japan, then repeating the same scenario in the quarter-finals against Brazil.
By looking at the number of minutes Modric and his teammates played before Argentina’s match against Croatia, we will find that the Croatian national team has played 556 minutes and 57 seconds since the start of the 2022 World Cup, as the maximum number of minutes for a team till now.
However, Argentina reached extra time and a penalty shoot-out in the quarter-final against the Netherlands, but advanced to Australia in the first-half round of 16 after beating them 2 goals to one.
Messi and his companions played during the 2022 World Cup before Argentina’s match against Croatia, the number of minutes of play reached 550 minutes and 21 seconds, making them the second most played team in the tournament so far.
556 – Croatia (556 min. 57 sec.), going to extra time against Japan and Brazil, is the team with the most total minutes in #Qatar2022. @Argentina, despite being alone with the Netherlands in the extra session, follows them closely (550 min. 21 sec.). Additional. pic.twitter.com/tE8NWblUoe
— OptaJavier (@OptaJavier) December 13, 2022
The matter rests not only on the career of the two teams at the 2022 World Cup, but on whether the Argentina national team reached its last Copa America title after winning the semi-final on penalties against Colombia after going through two overtimes.
Not only in the last Copa America, but Argentina, in its recent arrival at the 2014 World Cup final, played 3 extra points against Switzerland in the round of 16, winning Di Maria’s goal in the 118th minute, before getting to the kicks penalty against the Netherlands in the semi-final and smiling at her. Luck, before the magic turned against the magician in the final and Goetze snatched the title from Germany in extra time.
As for the Croatian national team, they achieved their historic milestone in the 2018 World Cup, having won silver at the World Cup after losing the final against France, having come through extra rounds in all rounds of the tournament except the final.
The start was against Denmark in the round of 16 of the 2018 World Cup, to overcome the Croatian national team on penalties, before repeating the same scenario in the quarter-finals against Russia in the quarter-finals.
The penalty shoot-out scenario didn’t stop at the quarter-finals, as Croatia completed their journey to the final after winning against England in extra time following Mandzukic’s deadly extra-time goal.
Thus, the Croatian national team has won 5 of its last 6 matches in the knockout phase of the 2022 World Cup, with reinforcements and penalties.
Thus, the history of the two teams before Argentina’s match against Croatia paves the way for the possibility of continuing for 120 minutes, or even reaching the penalty shootout, a scenario that will not be far off, given the background from which they came the two teams this role and even their history in previous versions of the tournament.
