Argentina vs Croatia Match Result | Argentina One Win Away from their 3rd FIFA World Cup Title
Argentina vs Croatia Match Result
One of the top contenders for the FIFA World Cup 2022, Argentina has stormed to the Finals. Argentina vs Croatia match was dominated by Argentina, as they beat Croatia 3-0 in the stipulated time. Argentina will now play with the winner of the match France vs Morocco on 18 December 2022, 20:30 at Lusail Stadium.
Argentina vs Croatia Match
Match Score: Argentina 3 Croatia 0
Match Outcome: Argentina Beat Croatia 3-0. Argentina Qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2022 Finals. Croatia will play the play-off match for the third position with the loser of the second semi-final match France vs Morocco.
Goals: Argentina: Messi (34 penaly), Alvarez (39, 69)
Ball Possession: Argentina 34% Croatia 54%
Attempts at Goal: Argentina 10 Croatia 12
Attempts on Target: Argentina 7 Croatia 2
Completed Passes: Argentina 355 Croatia 565
Corners: Argentina 2 Croatia 4
Argentina vs Croatia Match Teams Lineup
Argentina (4-4-2, right to left): 23. E. Martinez (GK) — 26. Molina, 13. Romero, 19. Otamendi, 3. Tagliafico — 7. De Paul, 24. E. Fernandez, 5. Paredes, 20. Mac Allister — 9. Alvarez, 10. Messi
Croatia (4-3-3, right to left): 1. Livakovic (GK) — 22. Juranovic, 6. Lovren, 20. Gvardiol, 19. Sosa — 10. Modric, 11. Brozovic, 8. Kovacic — 13. Pasalic, 9. Kramaric, 4. Perisic
Argentina vs Croatia Match Result
Magical Messi led Argentina to the Final of the FIFA World Cup 2022. In a fully packed stadium with Argentia, Croatia fans Argentina thrashed Croatia by 3-0 with a scintillating performance. They will now be on their quest for their third title, on the 18th of December 2022.
Lionel Messi put their team in lead in the 34th minute of the match by converting a penalty. Argentina was two up when Alvarez scored the second goal of this match and his first goal of the match.
The second half was totally dominated by Argentina. Alvarez scored his second goal of the match in the 69th minute and put his team in an unassailable lead.
Croatia the runners-up in the last edition of FIFA World Cup 2018, can’t do much. They are unable to contain Argentina’s forwards. Even though they did well to have higher ball possession, and a higher number of attempts at the goal, they failed to capitalize on their chances.
Croatia will now have to play the play-off match against the losing team of the second semi-final match France vs Morocco. The third and fourth positions in the FIFA World Cup 2022, will be decided based on this match result.
Argentina vs Croatia Match Highlights Video Courtesy Jio Cinema/YouTube
Our first #FIFAWorldCup finalist!
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— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) December 13, 2022
Player of the Match: Lionel Messi of Argentina
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Argentina vs Croatia Match Quotes
Lionel Messi: “I feel a lot of things, it’s very exciting to see all this [celebrations in stadium]. Seeing the people, the family throughout the World Cup was incredible. We’re going for the last game, which was what we wanted.
“I don’t know if it’s my best World Cup or not. I’ve been enjoying this for a while. We were confident this group was going to pull it off. We know who we are, and we asked people to believe in us.
“We have been through tough situations, others very good. Today, we live something spectacular. I am enjoying with all these people and with all the Argentines who are in our country. I imagine it must be crazy. We knew we weren’t the top candidates [favourites for tournament], but we weren’t going to give anything to anyone. We were demonstrating it game-by-game. Argentina is, once again, in the final of the world. Enjoy!”
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