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
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
Emi Martínez:
Two clean sheets
Two shootout saves
Dominik Livaković:
Two clean sheets
Four shootout saves
Two in-form keepers going head-to-head
Messi is set to tie German legend Lothar Matthäus for most World Cup appearances by a male player (25)
Mata wears the No. 10 at Chelsea and wins the World Cup in 2010
Schurrle wears the No. 14 at Chelsea and wins the World Cup in 2014
Giroud wears the No. 18 at Chelsea and wins the World Cup in 2018
Ziyech wears the No. 22 at Chelsea and is in the World Cup semifinals
Luis Enrique says there’s one player he wouldn’t have brought to the World Cup if he could redo Spain’s squad
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
Argentina XI v Croatia: Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Paredes, Fernandez, Mac Allister; Messi, Alvarez.
Croatia XI vs Argentina: Livakovic, Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic.
Most FIFA World Cup MOTM
Lionel Messi-9
Cristiano Ronaldo-7
Robben-6
Most MOTM at a Single World Cup
2010: Wesley Sneijder-4
2014:Lionel Messi-4
Most World Cup Wins
Miroslav Klose-17
Lionel Messi-15
Enzo “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.”
Messi tonight
#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.
Messi is set to tie German legend Lothar Matthäus for most World Cup appearances by a male player (25)
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.
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.