FIFA 2022 world cup

[Raflesia]

Never mind, we all have to admit that Argentina is a better team than Croatia after watching this game. Maybe some pre-match hesitation is understandable as Croatia had the luck and success to reach the semi-finals, but in the end Argentina showed their quality.

I think that the Croatian team that played against the Argentine team today had something missing in them. I do not know if they played out of fear or they came with a defeatist mindset because what I watched from the Croatian team play was beyond pathetic. Obviously the Argentine side we're better and stronger . Now they are left to compete for the third-place position in the tournament they have done so well so far and I hope they leave with something.

In the first half they tried to play with pressure and always took the initiative to attack and this backfired for them.
Argentina was good at taking advantage of this condition, they defended and immediately counterattacked quickly which made the Croatian players a little troubled there and that was proven when they had to break in the penalty box.
Apart from anything congrats to Argentina now who are in the final. This could be a good farewell gift for Messi at the end of the world cup that he takes part in if he can win in the final later.

[lalabotax]

Not necessarily, not a rational thought because Croatia previous history of goal records was able to equal the score against Brazil and Japan so they could face a penalty match, but this match they were really unlucky and had to lose with an embarrassing score, Croatia's statistics did not dominate the goal attack to shot on target and Argentina had been in control in the match.

Indeed, maybe the first goal of the penalty kick had a little bit gave influence on the Croatia players, but I am sure that they are professional so this will not last longer influencing and they are able to focus again in the match. But here, Argentina was able to play excellently and effectively. We can see their spirit during the matching road to the final, they were excellent. I am not a fan of Argentina, but after seeing the match, I can admit that they were excellent. Moroever their striker Alvarez, is incredible in the game. They also had Martinez that is very strong as the goalkeeper with many saves.

1. Argentina vs France
2. Argentina vs Morocco

If we see at the strength of the lineups, I am sure that France has a bigger chance to win the match. The final may be Argentina vs France. But once more, Marocco is on fire and they are very consistent during this World Cup. Although their players are not mostly popular players, they are able to optimize every chance and they have a strong defense. Well, so, this will be interesting. What if Argentina vs Morocco and the winner is Marocco? It will be a new history, a really big history.

[Igebotz]

Argentina have prepared very well for the game against Croatia... I expected both teams to score, but I was unlucky... Lucky for those who had no doubts about Leonel Messi's team... I'm looking forward to the Argentina vs France game in the final... Hopefully the French will repeat Argentina's game tomorrow and we'll have a great final waiting for us...

I was not expecting Croatia to score some goals, even one goal against Argentina. But I was expecting them to stop Argentina from scoring I was looking forward for a goalless full-time draw so that they will head into penalty shootout because I know Croatia is good at defending but I was very disappointed when I saw them attacking and wanting to score Argentina even in the first half.
It was quite unfortunate to for them because Argentina was able to get two goals in the first half which will make it impossible for any team to equalise in that stage of the competition.

Playing deep was not going to work against someone like Messi, who is very difficult to mark; Croatia came with the right mentality and it was working until they got carried away; they knew falling back against a dangerous attacking side like Argentina would only put their entire team under pressure. Croatia's problem has been their inability to finish off scoring chances. It would be difficult for any team to stop Argentina right now, as the entire team is playing well and there is no weak link in the team.

Argentina would be playing at the Lusail Iconic Stadium on Sunday in the world cup final, for the second time in only eight years.
This would be a storied game, with so much hanging in the balance should the Albicelestes win in five days time against any of Morocco or France.
Messi could very well be playing his last world cup (definitely his last in too form) and would want nothing less than to lift the famous, golden trophy.

Big game tomorrow, and as much as I would want Morocco to become the first African team in the world cup final, I fear that France might be too strong. Hopefully, the Atlas Lions would keep roaring.

Argentina is the only team without a weak link; they have been solid in every aspect of the game and have proven that they need the trophy more than anyone else, but we will see on Sunday. The main problem for every team right now is 35-year-old Messi, who has terrorized every defense he has faced so far. 5 goals, 4 assists, and the most chances created are all goated numbers.

I would also like to see Morocco advance to the final, but the question is whether they can exploit France's weak defense with their long passes and crossing. And will France be able to exploit Morocco's weak midfield? Both teams have flaws, and it will be interesting to see which team uses their advantage.

[Leviathan.007]

Argentina have prepared very well for the game against Croatia... I expected both teams to score, but I was unlucky... Lucky for those who had no doubts about Leonel Messi's team... I'm looking forward to the Argentina vs France game in the final... Hopefully the French will repeat Argentina's game tomorrow and we'll have a great final waiting for us...

It was a great match and Argentina was prepared very well for this match as you said they had a plan for every single moment of this game and I can say they really got what they wanted to get and since the game started they were ready for the game against Croatia and the good point of this game was about Messi because from what I saw I can say Messi was the key for Argentina during this game and if he plays well like this he can help his team to take the world cup as Maradona did years ago.

[SOKO-DEKE]

I had different expectations for the outcome of the game, therefore I was genuinely shocked when Argentina defeated Croatia with three goals. Following these two teams in their various World Cup games, I believe they don't play the same style of football,  and that is why thinking that the match may to draw because Croatia always play a defensive game Croatia, but today I noticed Croatia making an excessive amount of effort to attack. Since the start of this World Cup, I haven't seen Croatia play like this. but in today's match, everyone attacked in order to score, and I believe this is what led to mistakes of 3 goals down

Messi has proven to the world that he is a great player, he is old and still playing very good football, he was the man of the match because he had the highest contribution in the match as a player who registered an assist and scored a penalty in the match, I hope Argentina wins the World Cup and gives Messi a break because he will have achieved his dream in football.

The fact that Messi is the best player in the world is well known. I think Messi will remain Messi forever. They won't have his copy, in my opinion. Messi is quick and strong, especially with his left leg gripping. I don't used a lot of words to describe the dude. However, his hopes for  lifting world cup are gradually becoming a reality. Best of luck to him in the final.

[Smartvirus]

The game was completely dominated by Argentina.  Croatia failed to dominate Argentina.  Due to the extraordinary performance of Lionel Messi, Qatar became the first team to reach the final in this year's World Cup.  Argentina and France will meet in the final of the World Cup in Qatar.  Argentina, one of the main contenders in this year's World Cup, is a big contender to win the final.  Anyway, welcome and best wishes to the Argentina football team for advancing to the finals.

Argentina dominated goals and good chances to get shots on target. Meanwhile, Croatia controlled the match with more total shots and also high ball possession. Croatia did their best but they couldn't do anything about it, and now I hope that whoever doesn't want to see Argentina in the final will make peace with himself and his hopes.

You surely did watch this game to have made that notation on Croatians performance. These guys were way busy with controlling controlling the match that they forgot it was a timed event and they were loosing. Even with a 2 goal down, I didn't see any pace from Croatia. They didn't look like a team that was determined to win this match and Argentina got the better of them.

They've been a little bit debate on the penalty, if the referee should have given it. It was a controversial decision although, the referee remained precise and definite even, points to the spot and booked Livakovic with a yellow card. Personally, I didn't see how else that contact would have been avoided. Livakovic have got to defend his goal by looking as big as possible and J. Alvarez came crashing into him without any forward move from Livakovic. It would have still been fair not to have given the penalty.

[Ryu_Ar1]

1. Argentina vs France
2. Argentina vs Morocco

If we see at the strength of the lineups, I am sure that France has a bigger chance to win the match. The final may be Argentina vs France. But once more, Marocco is on fire and they are very consistent during this World Cup. Although their players are not mostly popular players, they are able to optimize every chance and they have a strong defense. Well, so, this will be interesting. What if Argentina vs Morocco and the winner is Marocco? It will be a new history, a really big history.

I think the strategy adopted by Morocco will be key, because if they take the wrong scheme like what Croatia did when they faced Argentina some time ago, they will certainly have a very difficult time. It's best for them to impose conditions where playing draws and relying on penalties because this can be maximized rather than having to make bets by balancing the rhythm of France, which in terms of the quality of the players and their experience is far superior.

[n0ne]

Never mind, we all have to admit that Argentina is a better team than Croatia after watching this game. Maybe some pre-match hesitation is understandable as Croatia had the luck and success to reach the semi-finals, but in the end Argentina showed their quality.

I think that the Croatian team that played against the Argentine team today had something missing in them. I do not know if they played out of fear or they came with a defeatist mindset because what I watched from the Croatian team play was beyond pathetic. Obviously the Argentine side we're better and stronger . Now they are left to compete for the third-place position in the tournament they have done so well so far and I hope they leave with something.

In the first half they tried to play with pressure and always took the initiative to attack and this backfired for them.
Argentina was good at taking advantage of this condition, they defended and immediately counterattacked quickly which made the Croatian players a little troubled there and that was proven when they had to break in the penalty box.
Apart from anything congrats to Argentina now who are in the final. This could be a good farewell gift for Messi at the end of the world cup that he takes part in if he can win in the final later.

Croatia from the beginning had the attacking plan and the same didn't work as Argentina took the defending position and doesn't show agression. They did it well and the plan didn't work with Croatia. Maybe if Croatia have managed to make a goal at the first half the match would've taken another direction.

[capedbaldy]

I don't think a 3-0 was all about getting lucky, they played their might to be on the Finals again but I hope they won't fall short this time just like in 2014. They might not be the favorite in this World Cup but they have the chance now and they're just waiting on who will won on another bracket. More chance to practice and to study opponents that they'll up against in the Finals.

The score from the 3-0 win is certainly not something lucky except for the score of 1 goal from a penalty kick, Croatia's performance has decreased in this match and I didn't expect them not to do anything potential to score goals even in the second half they seemed to be playing in the friendly league without thinking about losing 3 goals . Brazil should have deserved to face Argentina in the semi-finals but Brazil was unlucky on penalty kicks.

[Captain Corporate]

Everyone knew that Argentina was the better team, but there was this lingering doubt because of what happened with Brazila nd maybe there was a chance that Croatia could do the same again, but we have seen that it wasn't the case. Its fine though, I believe that we have seen something marvelous and that is a good thing, Argentina is a great team, and Messi as we have seen time and time again is a great player, it was already known that we would see them win, we just waited for a shock and that didn't come. I am guessing France will have some easy time as well and should be alright.

[Jatiluhung]

Never mind, we all have to admit that Argentina is a better team than Croatia after watching this game. Maybe some pre-match hesitation is understandable as Croatia had the luck and success to reach the semi-finals, but in the end Argentina showed their quality.

I think that in this match it was quite the opposite of the matches of Croatia before. While they were pretty lucky in the match against Brazil and it was kinda undeserved that Croatia advanced into the semi final, i think that today the croatian team was very unlucky. For me they were the better team in the first 30 minutes today and the goals of Argentina came pretty much out of nowhere. Of course with 2 goals for Argentina scored withing only a few minutes it was almost already over at that point for Croatia. Even though they were the better team up to that point. After that Argentina played it very smart and in the end they deserve to be in the final.

I agree. because at the beginning of the first half croatia played very well. but after argentina managed to score a goal through a penalty. from there the turning point occurred. Croatia seems to have lost their good game. and Argentina put it to great use. so Argentina can get the second goal. Mentality is an important role in world cup matches. because even a strong team can lose if their mentality falls. I'm still looking forward to Argentina in the final. which team will they compete with? morocco or france? let's see.

[bitcampaign]

and now we will all have to wait and see who will take the other ticket in France vs Morocco.

can't wait for this match to see France slaughter Morocco for more than 1 goal like Argentina did against Croatia earlier, I think many people make predictions for the final later Argentina vs France because France is seeded in the semifinal match later even though there could be a surprise Argentina vs Morocco in the final also not bad, looks like it will, but i hope morocco loses against france because i bet on france

[Vinaa77]

The score from the 3-0 win is certainly not something lucky except for the score of 1 goal from a penalty kick, Croatia's performance has decreased in this match and I didn't expect them not to do anything potential to score goals even in the second half they seemed to be playing in the friendly league without thinking about losing 3 goals . Brazil should have deserved to face Argentina in the semi-finals but Brazil was unlucky on penalty kicks.

But croatia played well against brazil, much different against argentina tonight. Croatian players seem to be losing performance. In the early minutes, Croatia had 54% of the ball, but could not attack. They only played in the back and midfield. Meanwhile, Argentina only took advantage of counterattacks. Messi and Alvarez are quite dangerous for Argentina's front line. Both of them can run fast, making it difficult for Croatian defenders to stop their attacks.

[ginsan]

I think that the Croatian team that played against the Argentine team today had something missing in them. I do not know if they played out of fear or they came with a defeatist mindset because what I watched from the Croatian team play was beyond pathetic. Obviously the Argentine side we're better and stronger . Now they are left to compete for the third-place position in the tournament they have done so well so far and I hope they leave with something.

As expected Argentina was able to press from the start and it was proven by their aggressive tactics. lionel messi et al were able to lead 2 goals in the early rounds which made the situation on the field easy for them to control. croatia seemed weak in this match they lost concentration after the first goal scored by lionel messi where they seemed to have lost strength in defense. Argentina strength in the match was quite impressive, they were able to work well together from the bottom to the front lines. No doubt Alvarez also found something special in this match. He really found his best form.

Argentina will wait for the next opponent between Morocco and France where one of them will accompany Argentina in the Qatar world cup final. messi is one step away from winning the world cup trophy, that's extraordinary.

[Jatiluhung]

and now we will all have to wait and see who will take the other ticket in France vs Morocco.

can't wait for this match to see France slaughter Morocco for more than 1 goal like Argentina did against Croatia earlier, I think many people make predictions for the final later Argentina vs France because France is seeded in the semifinal match later even though there could be a surprise Argentina vs Morocco in the final also not bad, looks like it will, but i hope morocco loses against france because i bet on france

well matches in the semi-finals are becoming increasingly difficult to predict. but based on statistical data and seeing from the many predictions that are circulating, of course in the match between France vs Morocco, France is the favourite. and i think there will be a lot of betting on france. However, Morocco cannot be underestimated. So the worst possibility could happen to France. but I hope France is not off guard in the game later.

[rdluffy]

I earned my bet in Argentina classification 
I thought the match would be harder for Argentina with a great chance to go to extra time, but it was a surprise to me

I'll be honest, Croatia can be the 3rd or 4rd, total merits to the players and coach to extract the maximum of each one, because they got there with a single victory against Canada.
Seriously, they did a remarkable feat with the available team.
In my opinion Japan deserved the victory on round of 16, but this is soccer, this is the magical thing.
I was sure Brazil would win against Croatia, but Argentina did the job better than any other team.

[Merit.s]

and now we will all have to wait and see who will take the other ticket in France vs Morocco.

can't wait for this match to see France slaughter Morocco for more than 1 goal like Argentina did against Croatia earlier, I think many people make predictions for the final later Argentina vs France because France is seeded in the semifinal match later even though there could be a surprise Argentina vs Morocco in the final also not bad, looks like it will, but i hope morocco loses against france because i bet on france

well matches in the semi-finals are becoming increasingly difficult to predict. but based on statistical data and seeing from the many predictions that are circulating, of course in the match between France vs Morocco, France is the favourite. and i think there will be a lot of betting on france. However, Morocco cannot be underestimated. So the worst possibility could happen to France. but I hope France is not off guard in the game later.

I couldn't predict today's match right,I thought the match will be a draw till 90 minutes,and will lead to PK after extra time but I was wrong,the Croatia that played Brazil don't have the same spirit in  tonight's match. I guess the Argentines are better than Brazil and didn't allow Croatia to be able to score any goal. They played well but not good enough for qualification to the finals. France should be very careful with Morocco team as they are unpredictable, Morocco has made superstars to shed tears in this world cup. Win against Brazil,Neymare shed tears and against Portugal,Ronaldo also shed tears. Mbappe shouldn't shed tears tomorrow. France is going to be more serious in tomorrow's match so that shit wouldn't happen

[AndySt]

As expected Argentina was able to press from the start and it was proven by their aggressive tactics. lionel messi et al were able to lead 2 goals in the early rounds which made the situation on the field easy for them to control. croatia seemed weak in this match they lost concentration after the first goal scored by lionel messi where they seemed to have lost strength in defense. Argentina strength in the match was quite impressive, they were able to work well together from the bottom to the front lines. No doubt Alvarez also found something special in this match. He really found his best form.
Argentina will wait for the next opponent between Morocco and France where one of them will accompany Argentina in the Qatar world cup final. messi is one step away from winning the world cup trophy, that's extraordinary.

I would not say that Croatia was weak in this match and controlled the ball for quite a long time, and as far as I know the final figures on possession of the ball in favor of Croatia. Another question is that, nevertheless, Argentina was lucky to score its goal first after a penalty kick, which still would not have been put by every referee and, accordingly, thanks to this, it is relatively comfortable to control the course of the meeting and arrange quick striking counterattacks. It is also worth noting Messi, who scored a penalty and made an excellent assist, and Alvarez scored a double, especially his first goal when he rammed through half of the football field.

[Marykeller]

I don't think a 3-0 was all about getting lucky, they played their might to be on the Finals again but I hope they won't fall short this time just like in 2014. They might not be the favorite in this World Cup but they have the chance now and they're just waiting on who will won on another bracket. More chance to practice and to study opponents that they'll up against in the Finals.

The score from the 3-0 win is certainly not something lucky except for the score of 1 goal from a penalty kick, Croatia's performance has decreased in this match and I didn't expect them not to do anything potential to score goals even in the second half they seemed to be playing in the friendly league without thinking about losing 3 goals . Brazil should have deserved to face Argentina in the semi-finals but Brazil was unlucky on penalty kicks.

Croatia didn't anticipate this loss like this. They were initially controlling the middle and gaining control of the football. Argentina's penalty kick goal altered the course of the game.

Unfortunately, Croatia had a difficult time in today's game. They simply lacked the courage to take chances with their shooting, and their entire defense is weak.

In today's game, Croatia displayed a good midfield, a subpar defense, and an ineffective striker. Am just disappointed by how they performed against Argentinian

[snipie]

and now we will all have to wait and see who will take the other ticket in France vs Morocco.

can't wait for this match to see France slaughter Morocco for more than 1 goal like Argentina did against Croatia earlier, I think many people make predictions for the final later Argentina vs France because France is seeded in the semifinal match later even though there could be a surprise Argentina vs Morocco in the final also not bad, looks like it will, but i hope morocco loses against france because i bet on france

I believe Morocco will take a lesson from what happened to Croatia today.
So basically Argentina let Croatia play in the first 15-20 minutes then it surprised it with a goal then came the second one to destroy Croatia hope, then the third one to end the Croatian dream prematurely.
Morocco will play more defensively and count on counter attack. The problem they have is the presence of Mbappe. They should find a way to stop him and France power will be reduced considerably.
Overall, I am counting on France - Argentina final unless Morocco could lead France to play penalties.