2022 FIFA World Cup Semi-Final: The first semi-final of the Qatar World Cup will be held today at Lusail Stadium in Doha. Current runners-up Croatia and Latin American giants Argentina will meet in the semi-final before the final. The Croatia-Argentina match is at 12:30 Indian time. Lucille Stadium will witness an El Clasico match in the literal sense today. Head-to-head are also the LM10s of both teams. Former Barcelona star Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Luka Modric will face each other today.
Messi and Argents
Lionel Scolani’s Messi squad has the offensive line to break down any defensive fortress. The asset of the Blue Army is the attack focused on Messi that everyone criticizes. Messi and his team have already scored 9 goals in five matches during the tournament. This is the talent of the Latin American team. Argentina’s biggest weakness is conceding a goal when they take the lead and go on to win. This is what the European team will try to take advantage of.
Modric and Croatia
Croatia’s greatest asset is their midfield performance. Croatia’s fate will be determined by the performance of Real Madrid star Modric and his side in midfield. And the Latin American country will have to overcome stopper Dominik Livakovic. In a sense, today’s march will be a battle with goalkeepers. The best shooters in the tournament will face off today at Lucille Stadium.
Croatia Argentina match
The Latin American country’s full-backs Marcos Acuna and Gonzalo Montiel were also suspended from today’s match, after being booked for back-to-back matches. This could affect both Argentina’s defense and attack. Prior to this, Croatia and Argentina met twice at the World Cup. Both teams have won each time. The last time Argentina faced Croatia was at the 2018 World Cup. That day, Messi and his team were crushed in the group stage by the European country’s attack. Argentina lost by three uncontested goals.
Croatia Argentina Possible XI
Probable Argentina XI: Emiliano Martinez, Nahuel Molina, Nicolas Otamendi, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Tagliafico, Enzo Fernandez, Mac Allister, Rodrigo De Polca, Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez
Croatia likely XI: Dominik Livacovic, Josko Guardiol, Dejan Lovren, Josip Jurvanovic, Borna Sosa, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brosovic, Mateo Kovacic, Mario Pasalic, Andrej Kramaric, Ivan Perisic.
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