Fifa World Cup, ARG vs CRO Semifinal Live: Messi provider, Alvarez scorer

Argentina (ARG) vs Croatia (CRO) Semifinal Live Score

Half-Time

The Argentine side, after being down for the most part of the first 20 minutes, bounced back tremendously and scored two goals, one courtesy of a penalty because of the foul committed on Alvarez and one courtesy of a brilliant run by the man who attracted the foul for the first penalty. Alvarez has been the man of the moment and Messi has increased his goal tally courtesy of that penalty that he got. 

Luka Modric-led Croatia will be up against Lionel Messi. Finest in their class, the two players are reaching that age at which they must live their dream of lifting the World Cup and they are ready to do anything to live that dream. Now, just a game away from living that dream of playing the final and lifting the trophy, they would look to finish with finesse. 

Argentina have the likes of Rodrigo de Paul, Angel di Maria, Acuna and Molina as star players while Enzo Fernandes is the rising talent and they all combine to get the ball to Lionel Messi as soon as possible. The tactics would be the same this time around as well. Only that they would be up against a team which is very hard to get through in the midfield. 

Thus this semifinal makes for a very interesting watch and the entire world would be looking forward to that. 

Damian Martinez, Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico, De Paul, Paredes, Fernandez, Mac Allister, Messi, Alvarez

Formation: 4-4-2

Croatia Starting 11

Livakovic, Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic

 

Formation: 4-3-3