Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Argentina v. Croatia (World Cup Semi-Final)

ARGENTINA:

GK:  Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) (ENG)
D:  Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid) (ESP)
D:  Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) (ENG)
D:  Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica) (POR)
D:  Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon) (FRA)
MF:  Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid) (ESP)
MF:  Leandro Paredes (Juventus) (ITA)
MF:  Enzo Fernandez (Benfica) (POR)
MF:  Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton & Hove Albion) (ENG)
F:  Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) (FRA)
F:  Julian Alvarez (Manchester City) (ENG)


CROATIA:

GK:  Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb) (CRO)
D:  Josip Juranovic (Celtic) (SCO)
D:  Dejan Lovren (Zenit St. Petersburg) (RUS)
D:  Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) (GER)
D:  Borna Sosa (VfB Stuttgart) (GER)
MF:  Luka Modric (Real Madrid) (ESP)
MF:  Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) (ITA)
MF:  Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) (ENG)
MF:  Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) (ITA)
F:  Andrej Kramaric (1899 Hoffenheim) (GER)
F:  Ivan Perisic (Tottenham Hotspur) (ENG)
Posted by GoHeath at 2:44 PM
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10 comments:

  1. GoHeathDecember 13, 2022 at 2:45:00 PM EST

    In 2018, Croatia reached the final by winning two matches on penalty kicks, and then beating England in extra time. In this tournament, Croatia has reached the semi-final by beating Japan and Brazil on penalty kicks. But Argentina apparently has no intention of letting this game go to penalty kicks.

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  2. GoHeathDecember 13, 2022 at 2:47:00 PM EST

    In the 34th minute, Lionel Messi banged home a penalty to put Argentina up 1-0, and five minutes later, Julian Alvarez got a breakaway and dribbled half the field to score a spectacular one-man goal. So Argentina leads 2-0 after 45 minutes.

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  3. GoHeathDecember 13, 2022 at 2:47:00 PM EST

    Of course, Argentina had a 2-0 lead against the Dutch, and ended up having to win on penalty kicks. So it's not over yet.

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  4. GoHeathDecember 13, 2022 at 2:52:00 PM EST

    Halftime: Argentina 2 - 0 Croatia

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  5. GoHeathDecember 13, 2022 at 3:13:00 PM EST

    52 minutes: Argentina 2 - 0 Croatia

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  6. GoHeathDecember 13, 2022 at 3:16:00 PM EST

    55 minutes: Argentina 2 - 0 Croatia

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  7. GoHeathDecember 13, 2022 at 3:23:00 PM EST

    60 minutes: Argentina 2 - 0 Croatia

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  8. GoHeathDecember 13, 2022 at 3:26:00 PM EST

    65 minutes: Argentina 2 - 0 Croatia

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  9. GoHeathDecember 13, 2022 at 4:43:00 PM EST

    Argentina cruises into the final with an easy 3-0 victory. This will be Argentina's sixth trip to the final. They won it all in 1978 (Netherlands) and 1986 (W. Germany). They lost in 1930 (Uruguay), 1990 (W. Germany), and 2014 (Germany).

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  10. EricDecember 17, 2022 at 11:24:00 AM EST

    I paid barely a lick of attention to Diego Maradona in 1986. He might be the biggest global figure of that year about whom I have almost no genuine, first-hand feelings.

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