Lionel Messi led his national team to the sixth World Cup final in history.
The national team of Argentina became the first finalist of the World Cup in Qatar. To do this, Messi and Co. had to to overcome the resistance of the uncompromising Croats, who had previously brought home another prominent representative of South America – Brazil.
The Argentines took into account all the mistakes of the previous opponents of “checkers” and in the end it was easy to deal with the Europeans. 3:0 – in favor of Argentina, and in the decisive match they will play against the winner of another semi-final pair France – Morocco, which will be held today, December 14th.
World Cup 2022. semi-final
Argentina – Croatia – 3:0
Goals: Messi 34 (pen.), Alvarez 39, 69
Argentina: Emiliano Martinez – Molina (Voyt, 86), Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez, Tagliafico – Mac Allister (Correa, 86), Enzo Fernandez, Paredes (Martinez, 62), De Paul (Palacios, 74) – Alvarez (Dybala, 74 ) ) ), Messi
Croatia: Livakovic – Juranovic, Lovren, Guardiol, Sosa (Orsic, 46) – Kovacic, Brozovic (Petkovic, 50), Modric (Mayer, 81) – Pasalic (Vlasic, 46), Kramaric (Livaya, 72), Perisic
Warnings: Romero, Otamendi – Livakovic, Kovacic.
Ball possession: 39%-61%
Hits: 10-12
shots on target: 7-2
fouls: 10-8
Attacks: 90-120
It will be remembered that the match for third place in the 2022 World Cup will be held on December 17, and the final game is scheduled for December 18.
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