FIFA 2022 world cup

[ZAINmalik75]

Argentina vs Croatia FIFA World Cup 2022 match will be held on 14th December.  However, in 2018 FIFA World Cup, Argentina and Croatia met in the semi-finals, but Argentina lost to Croatia In 2018, Croatia beat Argentina by three goals from a 0-3 deficit.  However, these two teams will meet again in 2022 in Qatar World Cup.  But will Argentina win this time, there is only fear in the minds of the audience.

There are not many people who favor Croatia for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, so it is not surprising that Argentina is favored by several groups in terms of winning the match on December 14. But this match will be more exciting to watch because Croatia will try to prove itself by playing well enough so they can advance to the final in this world cup.
From the Argentina camp itself, they will also fight very hard to get to the final because remembering that this world cup is the last for Messi in his career.

Croatia could repeat history by beating Argentina and return to the final as they did in 2018.

Everything can happen in the match between Argentina and Croatia because it's the deciding match for both team to reach to the final, In my view Argentina are far better than Croatia according to statistics and team player and I hope that they can easily beat them because this will be the time for Argentina to take his revenge of defeat in 2018 world cup semifinal from Croatians, Messi and overall team will do everything to beat them and win the final toobring the trophy home. because this will be the last world cup of lionel Messi international carrer.....

[makishart]

On the other hand, this is an opportunity for Argentina to end Messi's last world cup in a very valuable match. Unfortunately, I got a number of issues that Messi will be absent because he received a sanction from FIFA as a result of his attitude towards the Dutch team. Whether that's true or not, it will definitely be a pretty big loss for Argentina if Messi can't strengthen his team in a fairly important session.

No, it's just an issue that Messi will be in danger of being absent but hopefully the rumors aren't true, Argentina need Messi for the semi-finals and we hope Messi keeps playing to beat Croatia. Messi must get "Assists" to equal Diego Marodona record in the match later, Messi must also score 1 more goal to overtake Batistuta record for the position of the Argentine player with the most goals in the World Cup match.

I saw nothing happened with messi. it seems like messi will be playing as starting line up during the match against croatia. Messi will get a new challenge to be able to pass the croatia's wall. That will become a very important challenge for messi. Messi needs to pass it to be able to make argentina will be going to the final. I think that the final gonna be argentina against france. That's gonna be epic match just like a weapon that wanna try to destroy the wall. Let's see how capable argentina to break that wall that being created by croatia.

[slackovic]

On the other hand, this is an opportunity for Argentina to end Messi's last world cup in a very valuable match. Unfortunately, I got a number of issues that Messi will be absent because he received a sanction from FIFA as a result of his attitude towards the Dutch team. Whether that's true or not, it will definitely be a pretty big loss for Argentina if Messi can't strengthen his team in a fairly important session.

No, it's just an issue that Messi will be in danger of being absent but hopefully the rumors aren't true, Argentina need Messi for the semi-finals and we hope Messi keeps playing to beat Croatia. Messi must get "Assists" to equal Diego Marodona record in the match later, Messi must also score 1 more goal to overtake Batistuta record for the position of the Argentine player with the most goals in the World Cup match.

I saw nothing happened with messi. it seems like messi will be playing as starting line up during the match against croatia. Messi will get a new challenge to be able to pass the croatia's wall. That will become a very important challenge for messi. Messi needs to pass it to be able to make argentina will be going to the final. I think that the final gonna be argentina against france. That's gonna be epic match just like a weapon that wanna try to destroy the wall. Let's see how capable argentina to break that wall that being created by croatia.

I don't think that Croatia will play that defensively against Argentina. We saw that against Brazil they attacked too and got in some good goal scoring opportunities. What I mean is that Croatia doesn't play like Morocco. Morocco plays super defensively and they are not attacking even when they get an opportunity to create a counter attack.

[masulum]

Ronaldo was extremely upset eleven during the game as he was not allowed to play in his last matches in the fifa world cup and when Portugal didn't score a goal ,Cristiano was send in the field to play he tried his level best to score but as we all know Morroco is at top of its morale and energy and they didn't let him score. 
This was going to be his last World Cup and he failed to score goal and won trophy for his country. But he was ,he is and he will be the best player football history has produced.

Yes Ronaldo's time to play in the world cup is over. however, he currently still has personal goals before he retires from playing football. He still wants to win the Champions League trophy. contract termination of the contract by MU is expected to make the end of his career better and to realize his target.

Let's forget Ronaldo for a moment, we will see the best 4 world cup teams this year. to be honest, I'm still have a little hope for another  surprise from Morocco.

[Altryist]

I don't think that Croatia will play that defensively against Argentina. We saw that against Brazil they attacked too and got in some good goal scoring opportunities. What I mean is that Croatia doesn't play like Morocco. Morocco plays super defensively and they are not attacking even when they get an opportunity to create a counter attack.

Of course, comparing the tactics of Croatia and Morocco is not worth it, because Morocco is completely focused on defense and hopes for counterattacks, and the fact that they were able to go so far is amazing. Croatia plays a lot more interesting and just because they have such a good defense does not mean that they spend a lot of time at their gate, they have a very strong middle line, which contributes to a great attacking potential, so it's hard to say that they are a defensive team, just a defensive line they are very well built.

[piebeyb]

After failing to lead Portugal to qualify for the semifinals of the 2022 world cup and at the same time failing to fulfill his dream of bringing Portugal to the world championship, will Ronaldo take part again in the 2026 world cup?
He is now 37 years old, but if Ronaldo is able to maintain his physique and motivation to continue his career at a high level, the opportunity to appear in six editions of the World Cup is not completely closed for him. As long as Ronaldo hasn't decided to hang up his boots at the club level and the Portugal national team, Ronaldo still has a chance to be called up to defend the Portugal national team.

he will retire in the next few years because of course his performance will also decrease even though he maintains his physique, but the quality of the game is not like when he was young, I think he was sad yesterday losing to Morocco made him feel like a failure because he hoped he could bring the world cup cup at the same time retired but unfortunately had to lose in the quarter-finals, but all returned to ronaldo's decision

[Lida93]

I also think, that Argentina is not the strongest team of the remaining for nations that are still in this world cup. For me France is the big favorite. As you already said, Croatia is a very strong team too. They have a lot of quality in their squad and they also play with a lot of passion and conviction. Their greatest strength in my opinion, however, is that they are very good at defending and even if the opponent is making massive pressure towards their goal then the croatians still remain calm and are always defending well.
If Argentina wants to go through tonight, then they will need more than just Messi. They will need a good team performance.

Croatia and Morocco are the teams that rely on defense, while Argentina and France are representatives of the attacking style, so we have to see who will be stronger. I think that Croatia and Agrantina are very equal teams, if in the match with Brazil, Brazil was the clear favorite, but in this match the chances are equal. the Croats can score today, but can the Argentines score against the Hovats today?

I wouldn't say for the Croatia team that they do rely on defense, for critically looking back at the game between Croatia against Brazil you will observe that Croatia had more control of the midfield than the Brazilian team did and that was what made them able to always absorb  every pressure pulled on them by Brazil in that game. Today's game between Argentina and Croatia am quite sure both teams would be very careful especially Argentina  in their attacking style and rather be clinical as counter attack is possible.
As for the Moroccan team they have been very successful with their defensive tactics, and that's because they have a very strong defense line which has proven itself by not conceding a single goal from any of their opponents except for an own goal they had. But it doesn't look like their defense can withstand the sting of the France team come tommorow except the unexpected happens out of luck.

[slackovic]

I don't think that Croatia will play that defensively against Argentina. We saw that against Brazil they attacked too and got in some good goal scoring opportunities. What I mean is that Croatia doesn't play like Morocco. Morocco plays super defensively and they are not attacking even when they get an opportunity to create a counter attack.

Of course, comparing the tactics of Croatia and Morocco is not worth it, because Morocco is completely focused on defense and hopes for counterattacks, and the fact that they were able to go so far is amazing. Croatia plays a lot more interesting and just because they have such a good defense does not mean that they spend a lot of time at their gate, they have a very strong middle line, which contributes to a great attacking potential, so it's hard to say that they are a defensive team, just a defensive line they are very well built.

The biggest problem with Croatia is that they don't have a very good goal scorer in their team. After Mandzukic left there was no one to step in his shoes and score goals. That's why Croatia is a lot more oriented to defense than to offense. All the players that play in front are good, but not good like their middle and defense.

One interesting fact... Did you know that in the entire World Cup Croatia was leading for only 46 minutes? It was during the game against Canada. And still they managed to get to the semi-finals.

[KTChampions]

I don't think that Croatia will play that defensively against Argentina. We saw that against Brazil they attacked too and got in some good goal scoring opportunities. What I mean is that Croatia doesn't play like Morocco. Morocco plays super defensively and they are not attacking even when they get an opportunity to create a counter attack.

Same thoughts. Given that Argentina is far from ideal in defense, it makes no sense for Croatia to sit on the defensive. It is better to win 3-2 than to lose 0-1 with no scoring chances. I am sure that today we will see a mutually dangerous attacking game.
As for Morocco, even though they are focused on defense, if you look at the statistics of attacking actions, for example, they were on an equal footing with Portugal.

[Fakhrulenclix]

I don't think that Croatia will play that defensively against Argentina. We saw that against Brazil they attacked too and got in some good goal scoring opportunities. What I mean is that Croatia doesn't play like Morocco. Morocco plays super defensively and they are not attacking even when they get an opportunity to create a counter attack.

Same thoughts. Given that Argentina is far from ideal in defense, it makes no sense for Croatia to sit on the defensive. It is better to win 3-2 than to lose 0-1 with no scoring chances. I am sure that today we will see a mutually dangerous attacking game.
As for Morocco, even though they are focused on defense, if you look at the statistics of attacking actions, for example, they were on an equal footing with Portugal.

this is a world cup semifinal match, all teams will play carefully in this match to avoid bad things and in this Argentina vs Croatia match it was very fierce even though Croatia was not so superior but remember that they are finalists in the 2018 world cup.
and if you look at the previous matches of these two teams, Croatia is very strong in midfield led by the world's best senior midfielder Luka Modric so that the flow of the ball forward is very well organized and meanwhile Argentina also has players that are evenly distributed in every line, so I think that Fierce matches will not be avoided in this fight and for the possibility of qualifying for the finals both still have the same chance.

[Hyphen(-)]

I don't think that Croatia and France will meet again. Because that's what is currently likely to happen. To thwart the predicament I expect Argentina to be able to overcome Croatia's game which is quite solid. However, Croatia looked very confident and was able to beat Argentina in the semi-finals.

On the other hand, this is an opportunity for Argentina to end Messi's last world cup in a very valuable match. Unfortunately, I got a number of issues that Messi will be absent because he received a sanction from FIFA as a result of his attitude towards the Dutch team. Whether that's true or not, it will definitely be a pretty big loss for Argentina if Messi can't strengthen his team in a fairly important session.

France and Croatia could meet again if both win their Semifinal matches, which is very likely.

Argentina, on the other hand, will do everything in their power to win the match because Messi will want to add the World Cup to his collection of trophies, which would be a huge accomplishment for him and the Argentina team in general. As we can see, the Argentina team is playing the game with a strong desire to win, so they have a good chance of winning.

[ShowOff]

I don't think that today's match has anything to do with Argentina losing to Croatia in the World Cup 2018. It's the semi-final match of the World Cup. Do you think that players need motivation in form of revenge? Isn't a fight for the World Cup final enough motivation? I'm sure that all players will give their maximum to win this game. And the players of the losing team will be sad after the match, but they will have to shake it off pretty fast because they aren't going home. They will play the match for the bronze medal!

I really heard your assumption about the semifinal match between Croatia vs Argentina. Both teams are determined to win the match and give the best of their abilities, and neither of us really knows who will make it to the final.

Based on the team statistics, I can say that Argentina is better than Croatia. Argentina tend to dominate games with ball possession more than their opponents, and Argentina have higher number of goals than Croatia. There are many other statistics that put Argentina ahead, but that doesn't mean they're going to win their match easily against Croatia. This is a semifinal between two different continents, for Argentina and Croatia. So it should be a very interesting match to look forward to.

[fzkto]

I don't think that Croatia and France will meet again. Because that's what is currently likely to happen. To thwart the predicament I expect Argentina to be able to overcome Croatia's game which is quite solid. However, Croatia looked very confident and was able to beat Argentina in the semi-finals.

On the other hand, this is an opportunity for Argentina to end Messi's last world cup in a very valuable match. Unfortunately, I got a number of issues that Messi will be absent because he received a sanction from FIFA as a result of his attitude towards the Dutch team. Whether that's true or not, it will definitely be a pretty big loss for Argentina if Messi can't strengthen his team in a fairly important session.

France and Croatia could meet again if both win their Semifinal matches, which is very likely.

Argentina, on the other hand, will do everything in their power to win the match because Messi will want to add the World Cup to his collection of trophies, which would be a huge accomplishment for him and the Argentina team in general. As we can see, the Argentina team is playing the game with a strong desire to win, so they have a good chance of winning.

I would also like Croatia to win, but Argentina look stronger. I think Messi can score today and then Croatia will have to attack rather than defend, which could lead to their loss. But if it comes down to a penalty shootout like in the match against Brazil, Croatia should win. They have the best goalkeeper in this Cup.

[Pierre 2]

After failing to lead Portugal to qualify for the semifinals of the 2022 world cup and at the same time failing to fulfill his dream of bringing Portugal to the world championship, will Ronaldo take part again in the 2026 world cup?
He is now 37 years old, but if Ronaldo is able to maintain his physique and motivation to continue his career at a high level, the opportunity to appear in six editions of the World Cup is not completely closed for him. As long as Ronaldo hasn't decided to hang up his boots at the club level and the Portugal national team, Ronaldo still has a chance to be called up to defend the Portugal national team.

I guess its pretty impossible for a player to keep up his performance at the age of 41. I think he will be tired to play at that age anyways. He is pretty good with money I am sure as well, he made more than the best sportsmen ever can in his lifetime. At this period he will probably retire in 1-2 years at max, very likely in Portugal. I don't think he will try to go Chinese and Arabic team for money. So he won't be in next world cup for sure. Maybe, with tiny possibility, he may play in european tournament in 2 years.

[giammangiato]

Croatia could repeat history by beating Argentina and return to the final as they did in 2018. Now they have many chances to repeat the same success. Yes, there won't be many who make Croatia the favourite, they weren't even the favorites when they made it to the semi-finals beating other strong nations like they did against Brazil. The good coordination between the Croatian players led by Luca Modric in midfield was very, very surprising.

This match was signaled as a revenge match for Argentina in today match because Argentina, of course, remembers the previous defeat. lionel messi et al of course will make all his fans proud if they are able to avenge the defeat of the last world cup. croatia has a luca modrid who performed brilliantly at the qatar world cup, even though he is old, modric figure is able to ignite the enthusiasm of other players. therefore I think Argentina will press more in the first half because the first team to score early in the game has a higher chance ratio to qualify for the final.

Argentinians are not stupid eh
once you can beat them, the second at least they've learned their lesson and taken countermeasures
let's remember that they are very strong, that they have Messi and other players of considerable weight
this time Argentina wins for sure in my opinion

[Awaklara]

I would also like Croatia to win, but Argentina look stronger. I think Messi can score today and then Croatia will have to attack rather than defend, which could lead to their loss. But if it comes down to a penalty shootout like in the match against Brazil, Croatia should win. They have the best goalkeeper in this Cup.

the strongest defense at the moment I think Morocco is not Croatia.
looking at Croatia vs Argentina match, I think we will see how Croatia will make a strong defensive strategy. not an attacking game. Croatia has Modric who controls the movement of the ball from back to front. if Argentina could limit Modric's movements, Messi and other players could score the winning goal.

but if Argentina is forced to go to the penalty shootout, it could be bad for Argentina. although they have experience and good shooters when they face the Netherlands.

[onecall123]

I would also like Croatia to win, but Argentina look stronger. I think Messi can score today and then Croatia will have to attack rather than defend, which could lead to their loss. But if it comes down to a penalty shootout like in the match against Brazil, Croatia should win. They have the best goalkeeper in this Cup.

the strongest defense at the moment I think Morocco is not Croatia.
looking at Croatia vs Argentina match, I think we will see how Croatia will make a strong defensive strategy. not an attacking game. Croatia has Modric who controls the movement of the ball from back to front. if Argentina could limit Modric's movements, Messi and other players could score the winning goal.

but if Argentina is forced to go to the penalty shootout, it could be bad for Argentina. although they have experience and good shooters when they face the Netherlands.

There have been zero goals and zero assists for Luka Modrić this World Cup. Maybe he hasn't performed yet, but in the semi-finals, he must deliver a magical performance. In that case, Luka Modrić would be the best option to defeat Argentina. I do not have a good understanding of Croatia's strategy, while Argentina plays as a unit and Messi solves equations. The game is difficult, but I wish Argentina good luck.

[Zilon]

I don't think that Croatia will play that defensively against Argentina. We saw that against Brazil they attacked too and got in some good goal scoring opportunities. What I mean is that Croatia doesn't play like Morocco. Morocco plays super defensively and they are not attacking even when they get an opportunity to create a counter attack.

Same thoughts. Given that Argentina is far from ideal in defense, it makes no sense for Croatia to sit on the defensive. It is better to win 3-2 than to lose 0-1 with no scoring chances. I am sure that today we will see a mutually dangerous attacking game.
As for Morocco, even though they are focused on defense, if you look at the statistics of attacking actions, for example, they were on an equal footing with Portugal.

Against Brazil, Croatia got motivated to attack after they conceded one and the attack which was their first shot on target, produced a goal in the 117' the equalizing goal. During 2018 world cup, Argentina lost to Croatia in the group stage by 0-3, Croatia boss might go all on attack against Argentina.

Both teams are charged for the Semi-finals, Argentina might play a more difficult game compared to what the saw against the Netherlands, I just hope Messi's dreams of winning the world cup stays alive after their clash with Croatia later today.

[tygeade]

I feel for C. Ronaldo for retiring from the world cup without lifting the trophy for his country. The way coaches treat him at this last stage of his career is another embarrassment. -snip

This is a very sad for Ronaldo. The star player who often cries because he can't bring the team for his country lifts the prestigious world cup competition trophy. Ronaldo's best success was at the European level when he was become one of the players who brought Portugal to the EURO championship. Even though he failed, he is a legend who has broken several previous Portuguese player records and became the top goal scorer.


^{Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11524219/Cristiano-Ronaldo-TEARS-walking-tunnel-Portugal-dumped-World-Cup.html}
He is a player who always cries when he fails, even though he is considered to be a temperamental players, but he is the one who always seems to be the saddest player when his club fails.

And the good thing for him is that there aren't that many teams that won World Cup at all, it's not a common thing, you happen to have 4-5 world cups in your entire career, and that's it, which is just 7 game long if you win it all, so that means it's not going to be that easy, and not many teams wins it and that is why it is understandable for Portugal to never win it during Ronaldos career, that's not really that bad.

I get that he may want to have at least 1 of each cups he played, and so far he did, but that's fine, world cup could be the missing piece from there, Messi may not win any neither until he retires, does that make both of them "bad" players? Of course not.

[Rikafip]

Given that Argentina is far from ideal in defense, it makes no sense for Croatia to sit on the defensive. It is better to win 3-2 than to lose 0-1 with no scoring chances. I am sure that today we will see a mutually dangerous attacking game.

Our team's play style is depended on the profile of players that we have. The main reason why we were more attacking oriented 2018 in Russia is because our attack was better. At the moment, we don't have any world class attacker. Petkovic, Budimir and Livaja are solid and that's it, but being just solid is not enough to play attacking football, at least not for this type of the tournament. Dalic (our coach) set the tactic the only way he can, by having our midfield (by far strongest part of our team) controls the game and sort of defend ourselves by holding the ball, until opportunity shows up.

So, I expect us to play similar to what we played against Brazil in the first half, and I don't expect Argentina to play attacking football either, as they must know how dangerous we can be from counterattack. It will be a tough game, and only thing I am afraid of is Argentinian players pulling some dirty trick, diving etc.

There have been zero goals and zero assists for Luka Modrić this World Cup. Maybe he hasn't performed yet, but in the semi-finals, he must deliver a magical performance. In that case, Luka Modrić would be the best option to defeat Argentina. I do not have a good understanding of Croatia's strategy, while Argentina plays as a unit and Messi solves equations. The game is difficult, but I wish Argentina good luck.

Modric doesn't have to score or even assist to be the best player on the pitch. Just take for example what he did against Brazil; he was the one who took ball from Casemiro and started the action that led to equalizer. And yeah, he performed very well so far. Maybe not 2018 level, but still he is immensely important for us.