Fifa World Cup ARG vs CRO Highlights: Alvarez, Messi get Argentina in final
Fifa World Cup, Argentina vs Croatia Highlights: The Albiceleste beat Vetreni 3-0 in a battle of Messi and Modric. Argentina reached a record sixth World Cup final. Croatia go home without the trophy
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Messi and Alvarez celebrate second goal vs Croatia in Fifa World Cup semifinal. Photo: @FIFAWorldCup
Argentina (ARG) vs Croatia (CRO) Semifinal Highlights
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It would be the record sixth entry into the World Cup final for the Albieceleste as Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 in a one-sided semi-final at the Lusail Stadium in Doha, Qatar. The men in sky blue were led by Lionel Messi himself who scored the first goal courtesy of a penalty.
However, it was totally Julian Alvarez’s game as he not only created the first penalty but scored the wonder second goal by carrying the ball from almost the half pitch to the goal alone and then goy an assist from Messi to complete a brace.
Croatai were not any match to the Argentines as the team from Esat Europe could get only two shots on target even after having 66% possession of the ball.
Argentina and Croatia would both await the result of the second semi-final between France and Morocco as the winner of that game will meet Argentina in the final while the loser will play Croatia for the third place playoff.
ARG 3-0 CRO
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Luka Modric-led Croatia will be up against Lionel Messi. Finest in their class, the two players are reaching that age at which they must live their dream of lifting the World Cup and they are ready to do anything to live that dream. Now, just a game away from living that dream of playing the final and lifting the trophy, they would look to finish with finesse.
Argentina have the likes of Rodrigo de Paul, Angel di Maria, Acuna and Molina as star players while Enzo Fernandes is the rising talent and they all combine to get the ball to Lionel Messi as soon as possible. The tactics would be the same this time around as well. Only that they would be up against a team which is very hard to get through in the midfield.
Midfield maestro Luka Modric and his men would be targeting Messi and the Argentine midfielders to try and block them away from scoring, Ivan Perisic and Petkovic on the other hand would be looking to convert the scoring opportunities to build early pressure on the Albiselectos.
Thus this semifinal makes for a very interesting watch and the entire world would be looking forward to that.
Argentina Starting 11
Damian Martinez, Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico, De Paul, Paredes, Fernandez, Mac Allister, Messi, Alvarez
Formation: 4-4-2
Croatia Starting 11
Livakovic, Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic
Formation: 4-3-3
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Argentina vs Croatia, Semifinal Live Score: Match Summary
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It would be the record sixth entry into the World Cup final for the Albieceleste as Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 in a one-sided semi-final at the Lusail Stadium in Doha, Qatar. The men in sky blue were led by Lionel Messi himself who scored the first goal courtesy of a penalty.
However, it was totally Julian Alvarez’s game as he not only created the first penalty but scored the wonder second goal by carrying the ball from almost the half pitch to the goal alone and then goy an assist from Messi to complete a brace.
Croatai were not any match to the Argentines as the team from Esat Europe could get only two shots on target even after having 66% possession of the ball.
Argentina and Croatia would both await the result of the second semi-final between France and Morocco as the winner of that game will meet Argentina in the final while the loser will play Croatia for the third place playoff.
ARG 3-0 CRO
2:27 AM
Argentina vs Croatia, Semifinal Live Score: Argentina into the final
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Argentina vs Croatia, Semifinal Live Score: 5 minutes added to the regular time
2:20 AM
Argentina vs Croatia, Semifinal Live Score: Majer keeps it on target
88 Minutes
Lovro Majer, who has come in once again late in the game keeps a shot on target and shows glimpses of the potential that he carries. He is being seen as a man who will replace Modric in the team going forward.
ARG 3-0 CRO
2:16 AM
Argentina vs Croatia, Semifinal Live Score: Only five minutes remain in regulation time now
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Argentina vs Croatia, Semifinal Live Score: Just one shot on target for Croatia in this entire game
Stats
2:12 AM
Argentina vs Croatia, Semifinal Live Score: Modric looks frustrated too
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Looking at Luka Modric, even the legend thinks that it is gone for all money and his dream of holding the world cup trophy would remain unfulfilled this time around as well. he went for a shot at goal, but instead, the ball bounced off an Argentine defender and hit his own face and he looked so helpless and frustrated.
ARG 3-0 CRO
2:06 AM
Argentina vs Croatia, Semifinal Live Score: 15 minutes plus injury time left for Croatia to comeback
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Argentina vs Croatia, Semifinal Live Score: Messi the provider, Alvarez the scorer
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If there ever existed a perfect World Cup semi-final for Argentina, it is this one. It is not only because they are leading 3-0 with 70 minutes gone, but also because the three goals have been fantastic and have involved one man called Julian Alvarez. This one was more of a goal of Messi bit went into Alvarez’s account.
Messi did the dribbling and circled out Gvardiol who followed him with the mask on, but Messi cut the back line and then passed the ball to Alvarez who was waiting in front of the Croatian goal and netted the ball past Livakovic for Argentina’s third. This is almost the end of the game here
ARG 3-0 CRO
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Argentina vs Croatia, Semifinal Live Score: Yellow card to Romero
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First Published: Dec 14 2022 | 12:27 AM IST