🇶🇦 FIFA World Cup 2022 - Semifinals: Match Previews, Stats, Results, Live Updates and More

🇦🇷🇭🇷Argentina vs Croatia Head to Head Records;

🏟️ 1994:Croatia 0-0 Argentina-Friendly
🌎 1998:Argentina 1-0 Croatia-World Cup
🏟️ 2006:Croatia 3-2 Argentina-Friendly
🏟️ 2014:Argentina 2-1 Croatia-Friendly
🌎 2018:Argentina 0-3 Croatia-World Cup

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Can Messi match and even surpass his idol’s World Cup record?

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Emi Martínez:
:black_small_square: Two clean sheets
:black_small_square: Two shootout saves

Dominik Livaković:
:black_small_square: Two clean sheets
:black_small_square: Four shootout saves

Two in-form keepers going head-to-head :gloves:


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Messi is set to tie German legend Lothar Matthäus for most World Cup appearances by a male player (25) :scream::clap:

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All in for Luka Modric :heart::croatia:

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:white_check_mark: Mata wears the No. 10 at Chelsea and wins the World Cup in 2010

:white_check_mark: Schurrle wears the No. 14 at Chelsea and wins the World Cup in 2014

:white_check_mark: Giroud wears the No. 18 at Chelsea and wins the World Cup in 2018

:hourglass_flowing_sand: Ziyech wears the No. 22 at Chelsea and is in the World Cup semifinals

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Luis Enrique says there’s one player he wouldn’t have brought to the World Cup if he could redo Spain’s squad :flushed:

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In the same game in 2006, Luka Modrić made his full international debut, and Lionel Messi scored his first international goal.

16 years later, they’re still battling it out on the biggest stage :goat::goat:

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:argentina: Argentina XI v Croatia: Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Paredes, Fernandez, Mac Allister; Messi, Alvarez.

:croatia: Croatia XI vs Argentina: Livakovic, Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic.

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:medal_sports:Most FIFA World Cup MOTM

:1st_place_medal::argentina: Lionel Messi-9
:2nd_place_medal::portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo-7
:3rd_place_medal::netherlands: Robben-6

:medal_sports:Most MOTM at a Single World Cup

:1st_place_medal:2010::netherlands: Wesley Sneijder-4
:1st_place_medal:2014::argentina:Lionel Messi-4

:fire:Most World Cup Wins
:1st_place_medal::de:Miroslav Klose-17
:2nd_place_medal::argentina: Lionel Messi-15

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Enzo :speaking_head: “Seeing you play with the light blue and white is the greatest pride in the world. Play for fun, because when you’re having fun, you have no idea how much fun we have.”

:argentina: Messi tonight :heart_eyes:

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#ARG XI: Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Paredes, Fernandez, Mac Allister; Messi, Alvarez

#HRV XI: Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic.

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Messi is set to tie German legend Lothar Matthäus for most World Cup appearances by a male player (25) :scream::clap:

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4 - Luka Modric is just the fourth player to start six matches at a single World Cup tournament while aged 37 or over, after Brazil’s Nilton Santos in 1962, Italy’s Dino Zoff in 1982 and England’s Peter Shilton in 1990. Evergreen.

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7 - Seven of today’s starters for #ARG and #HRV also started in their meeting in the group stage at World Cup 2018: three for Argentina (Messi, Tagliafico and Otamendi) and four for Croatia (Modric, Perisic, Brozovic and Lovren). Reunion.

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Never. In. Doubt.

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Lionel Messi continues to leave his mark on the World Cup :chart_with_upwards_trend:

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Three of Messi’s five goals this World Cup have been penalties :dart:

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LIONEL MESSI PASSES GABRIEL BATISTUTA TO BECOME ARGENTINA’S ALL-TIME LEADING WORLD CUP GOALSCORER! :argentina:

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Half time scores Argentina 2:0 Croatia

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