FIFA 2022 world cup

[Strongkored]

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.

That's what the fans of the Argentine national team hope for as well as Messi's fans because this will be his last chance to win the World Cup, it's been a long time since Argentina lifted the last world cup trophy that happened 36 years ago at the Mexico World Cup, in this match everything is possible for Argentina win or Croatia do and if they can beat Argentina to get back into the final then they are doing it twice in a row and that is an incredible feat for a national team

[arimamib]

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.

That's what the fans of the Argentine national team hope for as well as Messi's fans because this will be his last chance to win the World Cup, it's been a long time since Argentina lifted the last world cup trophy that happened 36 years ago at the Mexico World Cup, in this match everything is possible for Argentina win or Croatia do and if they can beat Argentina to get back into the final then they are doing it twice in a row and that is an incredible feat for a national team

The Argentinian player must try to show his best performance to help Messi win the trophy he has long wanted. Maybe this is Messi's last chance at the World Cup, after this Messi will decide to retire from Argentina.
There are only two matches left that Argentina must win to win the world cup trophy, whatever happens the Argentine players must not give up to get there. Only struggle and concentration can help Argentina, they must not make the slightest blunder that can destroy the dream that Messi has long dreamed of.

[indah rezqi]

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.

Croatia's current strength is their midfielder who is good at supporting attackers to to carry out the attack and also breaking the flow of the ball when the opponent builds an attack. I was really impressed how Croatia prevented Brazil from developing their game in the quarter-finals, it was incredible. Croatia can do that against Argentina but after all Argentina also have good strength in their midfield so this game will be difficult for both of them.

Then from that, I didn't expect any dirty tricks to happen in this match. Argentina have a great striker, they have Lionel Messi and he was the player who had the most influence in this match. Messi has been in really good form lately, he scores goals and provides assists, so Dalic needs to have high vigilance for him throughout the match.

[Josefjix]

Records are breaken everyday and new ones are set, Leo Messi have a long run in making one of the tough records for Argentina as he's close to equalling Diego maradona's total eight assists in the world cups. He's one of the good and big names Argentina have and they're in the semi-finals, which they will face Croatia. One of the difficult game to bet on and I'm solemnly behind Argentina to go straight to the finals. Truth be told, this world cup is very different and full of shocking results from the last world cup which was Russia 2018.

[Naficopa]

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.

That's what the fans of the Argentine national team hope for as well as Messi's fans because this will be his last chance to win the World Cup, it's been a long time since Argentina lifted the last world cup trophy that happened 36 years ago at the Mexico World Cup, in this match everything is possible for Argentina win or Croatia do and if they can beat Argentina to get back into the final then they are doing it twice in a row and that is an incredible feat for a national team

The Argentinian player must try to show his best performance to help Messi win the trophy he has long wanted. Maybe this is Messi's last chance at the World Cup, after this Messi will decide to retire from Argentina.
There are only two matches left that Argentina must win to win the world cup trophy, whatever happens the Argentine players must not give up to get there. Only struggle and concentration can help Argentina, they must not make the slightest blunder that can destroy the dream that Messi has long dreamed of.

Today's match is going to be a tough one for both teams as both of them are strong and experienced teams and have world's best players . Messi dream to lift trophy will continue today or not will be decided in few hours. Croatia is a difficult team how they beat Brazil at last minute was commendable so don't expect this to be an easy game for either team.

[gabbie2010]

Records are breaken everyday and new ones are set, Leo Messi have a long run in making one of the tough records for Argentina as he's close to equalling Diego maradona's total eight assists in the world cups. He's one of the good and big names Argentina have and they're in the semi-finals, which they will face Croatia. One of the difficult game to bet on and I'm solemnly behind Argentina to go straight to the finals. Truth be told, this world cup is very different and full of shocking results from the last world cup which was Russia 2018.

I don't even know who to support or who is going to win today's match between Argentina vs Croatia, I must commend Argentina for coming out stronger after losing 1-2 to Saudi Arabia in one of the biggest upset in the history of World Cup, in today's match Croatia is neither a pussover team having eliminated Brazil in the quarter final in match soccer analysts never them any chances of winning, having defeated the Brazilian means they will really show their strength and determination when they play today against Argentina another South American neighbor of Brazil probably use the same tactical approach deployed to draw Brazil.

[hahay]

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.

That's what the fans of the Argentine national team hope for as well as Messi's fans because this will be his last chance to win the World Cup, it's been a long time since Argentina lifted the last world cup trophy that happened 36 years ago at the Mexico World Cup, in this match everything is possible for Argentina win or Croatia do and if they can beat Argentina to get back into the final then they are doing it twice in a row and that is an incredible feat for a national team

The Argentinian player must try to show his best performance to help Messi win the trophy he has long wanted. Maybe this is Messi's last chance at the World Cup, after this Messi will decide to retire from Argentina.
There are only two matches left that Argentina must win to win the world cup trophy, whatever happens the Argentine players must not give up to get there. Only struggle and concentration can help Argentina, they must not make the slightest blunder that can destroy the dream that Messi has long dreamed of.

If we consider about Messi then I think this is a very close moment to win the World Cup but indeed, to achieve the highest achievement at least they don't rely too much on Messi to make a good attack. Therefore, with a great squad in every position in this Argentina squad, they should be able to play better and also get the final results that are as expected.
It is difficult to build a national team squad full of great players, and this is the perfect moment for Argentina to achieve the desired result of a World Cup title.

Even though Croatia has a good defense at this point, I personally don't doubt the quality of Argentina's attack line, at least that's also enough to make me confident to bet on Argentina at this moment.
Because basically, Croatia's key players or key players in the rhythm and or tempo of Croatian gameplay lie with Modric and Perisic, considering their age they are also not very good at competing for a long time. Therefore, I think if their movement can be locked or closed, then maybe Croatia's gameplay will probably just continue to defend and will be weak in making attacks.

[Bobrox]

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.

Comparison statistic, Argentina have better performance and consistency than Croatia, from 5 matches Croatia won one game against Canada in group stage and get 4 draw, actually Croatia is the national team get lucky at knock out round after eliminating Japan and Brazil trough penalty kick.

Argentina have better performance than Croatia, win 2 matches at group stage and loss one match from Saudi Arabi but success beaten Australia at 16 round before getting draw in quarter final against Netherland and winning trough penalty kick. But have bad memorize last World Cup 2018 Argentina beaten by Croatia 0-3.

[arallmuus]

Even though Croatia has a good defense at this point, I personally don't doubt the quality of Argentina's attack line, at least that's also enough to make me confident to bet on Argentina at this moment.

Imagine this scenario, the only way for Croatia to win is by relying on counterattack so it would means 10 players defending and 1 player waiting on the frontline. It would be hard for Argentina to get through this and honestly if Croatia can hold Argentina until 120 minutes then take this game into penalty shootout then they would have decent chance to win

[dwyane36]

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.
~
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.

Honestly, I don't understand why the Portuguese coach decided to limit Ronaldo's playing time by putting him on the bench. Of course, Ronaldo's performance in this tournament wasn't impressive, considering he scored only 1 goal. Nevertheless, I think the Portuguese coach should have allowed Ronaldo to enjoy his last matches at the World Cup. So Ronaldo's emotions in those pictures are understandable as he obviously expected that the last World Cup of his career should have been special.

[W Jr.]

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.

Before this tournament, the most talked about players were Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar. Many favorite teams were eliminated in this tournament. Currently, Croatia seems to be behind, but they can eliminate Argentina as well as Brazil. At the moment, only Messi's world cup dream remains alive. After tonight there will be either final or disappointment.

[rahmad2nd]

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.

Maybe for the fans, this match could be a revenge match for Argentina, which in fact was defeated by Krosia in the 2018 World Cup. But in truth, this match was not a revenge match. because these two squads have reached the semifinals, we can be sure that these two teams will fight it out. after all, these two teams only need one win to advance to the final match.

Both Argentina and Croatia, are under the same pressure. these two teams, will not underestimate one another. the first 15 minutes, both teams will play very carefully because one mistake, however, can be fatal for both teams. even so, I agree if Argentina will appear more pressing. they want to create every chance, and convert them into goals. but so far, Croatia has shown its toughness, especially in their defense. this match is important for Messi, as well as for Modric. the two icons of these two teams, will both appear all-out to win the battle. so, let's just enjoy it when this game starts.

[Falconer]

Comparison statistic, Argentina have better performance and consistency than Croatia, from 5 matches Croatia won one game against Canada in group stage and get 4 draw, actually Croatia is the national team get lucky at knock out round after eliminating Japan and Brazil trough penalty kick.

Argentina have better performance than Croatia, win 2 matches at group stage and loss one match from Saudi Arabi but success beaten Australia at 16 round before getting draw in quarter final against Netherland and winning trough penalty kick. But have bad memorize last World Cup 2018 Argentina beaten by Croatia 0-3.

I'm not too interested in discussing the record meeting 4 years ago at the 2018 world cup between Croatia and Argentina. Indeed, at that time Croatia managed to beat Argentina quite badly, but at this World Cup we should be able to see the difference in the quality of the two teams.

In my opinion, Argentina is the majority while Croatia is the minority in today's game. I can see enough people believing that Argentina would beat Croatia, but I'm not going to turn a blind eye to how wrong those hopes were in the end if Croatia could play better football. In the end we can't determine who wins and who loses, everything is just a prediction and nothing more. I will be looking forward to this match, only one team will qualify for the final.

[Gencecikmen]

The world cup is really difficult to predict, weak countries are really surprising us by winning. Croatia have being surprising in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 like the previous world cup. And it should be noted that Croatia brought to the final in the year 2018.  So, it will be a very difficult game for Argentina at tonight. Croatia's game is very difficult to predict, Argentina must be quite wary of Croatia.

[darxiaomi]

Well, finally we have the line up of Argentina, for what i see we can expect a really tough fight in the midfield.

Martinez
Montiel Romero Otamendi Tagliafico
De Paul Enzo Fernandez Paredes Mac Callister
Messi Julian Alvarez

Di Maria again to start in the bench.

[|MINER|]

The world cup is really difficult to predict, weak countries are really surprising us by winning. Croatia have being surprising in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 like the previous world cup. And it should be noted that Croatia brought to the final in the year 2018.  So, it will be a very difficult game for Argentina at tonight. Croatia's game is very difficult to predict, Argentina must be quite wary of Croatia.

It is true that in this fifa world cup many weak countries played surprising matches but here if you wanna say Croatia is a weak country the I will disagree with you . Because as you already mentioned that they are the runner's up on 2018 world cup and now if you looks at their performance they are unbeatable in every matches of this world cup . And they have one of the best qualityfull  defence department So I think Croatia is equally strong against Argentina I think there is no option to underestimate to Croatia.

[CryptocurencyKing]

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.

Against Brazil, Croatia entered the game as an underdog but going into the game, Croatia won the midfield and they didn’t look like a weak side. I’m expecting the same thing against Argentina, they have a team that can dominate games and If they win the midfield, they can control the game and decide to go offensive or play defensive. Also I know accommodating Messi will be big concern but collective marking will be enough to hold him down from causing trouble.

[safari88]

We will start in 1.5 hours with the semi-finals. The Croats are full of self-confidence. Perhaps Modric has even more influence on the game than Messi. Together they have fought many duels at Barcelona against Real Madrid. You would say that Argentina is the favourite, supported by more than 60,000 supporters in the stadium. Croatia, however, has a higher favor factor, I suspect. Some Argentines have misbehaved in their quarter-final match.

[BITCOIN4X]

I can't imagine how Argentina failed today against Croatia. Argentina must have a very strong determination to beat Croatia even though it will not be easy. Croatia is known to have good midfield skills, that's because of Modric and I admit that. However, at this stage, it is indeed difficult to find a winner, even though most of the Argentina are the favorites.

It's currently 1 hour 10 minutes to the match. I can't wait anymore for this match especially to see who is actually crying and who will be happy. I hope Messi will cry tears of joy if Argentina wins, while he will probably experience the same sadness as Ronaldo if in the end Argentina loses.

[rendravolt]

Source: https://www.livescore.com/en/football/world-cup/semi-finals/argentina-vs-croatia/714163/?tab=lineups

Soon the world cup semi-final match between Argentina and Croatia will start and the line up confirmation has appeared. Here Argentina uses a 4-3-1-2 formation and Croatia uses a 4-3-3 formation, it is likely that Argentina will appear to attack from the start of the match, Lionel Messi filled the second striker position this time. For Croatia they still rely on their flagship attacking trio Perisic, Kramaric and Pasalic. The match will be fierce where this is very decisive to step into the world cup final. Lionel Messi and Luka Modric will fight hard to bring their respective teams to the final round.