The Argentina national team beat Croatia 3-0 in the first semi-final, with two goals from Julián Álvarez and one from Lionel Messi, and is Finalist at the World Cup in Qatar 2022. They thus qualified for the sixth time at the World Cup final, which already has a date, time and place.
The definition of Qatar 2022, the most desired match by the 32 participants in the tournament, will be held on Sunday at 12 at Lusail Stadiumwith a capacity of 80 thousand people.
Argentina rivals will be the winners of the other semi-final, which this Wednesday at 16:00 will be enlivened by France and Morocco at the Al Bayt stadium.
For its part, Croatia will play for third place at the Qatar 2022 World Cup against the loser of France-Morocco. The match will take place on Saturday at 12, at the Khalifa International Stadium, with a capacity of 46,000 spectators.
Argentina has already played five World Cup titles: lost 4-2 to Uruguay in Uruguay 1930, beat the Netherlands 3-1 in Argentina 1978, beat Germany 3-2 in Mexico 1986, is fell 1-0 with Germany in Italy 1990 and stumbled again 1-0 against Germany in Brazil 2014.
How Argentina qualified for the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar
The Argentina national team was part of Group C of the World Cup, together with Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland.
He began his journey with a 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia, which lifted Lionel Scaloni’s side to a 36-match unbeaten run. Messi gives the Albiceleste the lead, from a penalty, but in the second half the Asians reverse the situation with goals from Saleh Al-Shehri and Salem Al-Dawsari.
In the second meeting, they beat Mexico 2-0, with goals from Messi and Enzo Fernández.
In the third round they defeated Poland 2-0, with goals from Alexis MacAllister and Julián Álvarez, for which they finished top of Group C.
In the round of 16, they faced Australia, who had finished second in Group D behind France. And they won 2-1, with suffering in the final. Messi opened the lead in the first half and Álvarez extended the difference in the complement, but a goal against Enzo Fernández brought the Oceanians closer with 12 minutes to go.
In the quarter-finals, they beat the Netherlands 4-3 on penalties, having drawn 2-2 in regular time. Nahuel Molina had converted Argentina’s opener and Messi (penalty) made it 2-0, with 17 minutes left in the match.
However, the Netherlands made good with a header from Wout Weghorst. And on the last play of the game, a free kick set up in the 11th minute, Weghorst took the game into extra time.
Croatia’s road to the third-place match
The Croatian national team, runners-up in Russia 2018, was part of Group F of the World Cup in Qatar 2022. In their debut they drew goalless against Morocco. Then, they beat Canada 4-1 (Alponso Davies for the Americans; brace from Andrej Kramaric and goals from Marko Livaja and Lovro Majer) and drew again goalless at the end of the group stage, this time against disappointing Belgium.
They qualified second in Group F, behind the Moroccans. They faced Japan (leaders of Group E) and won 3-1 on penalties after drawing 1-1 in regular time (goals from Daizen Maeda and Ivan Perisic).
In the quarterfinals he defined himself once again on penalties from the 12 steps. On this occasion he delivered the coup de grace against Brazil, one of the main candidates to lift the cup. They drew 0-0 in the 90 minutes. Neymar gave the Brazilians the lead at the end of the first overtime, but Bruno Petkovic equalized 12 minutes into the second overtime. Afterwards, they prevailed 4-2 on penalties.
In the semifinals, Croatia lost 3-0 to Argentina, for whom they will define third place at the Qatar 2022 World Cup on Saturday at 12 against the loser of Morocco-France.
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Source: Clarin
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