Argentina vs. Croatia - Final Score - December 13, 2022

SEMIFINALS

C1 Argentina vs

F2 Croatia

・December 13, 2022 December 13 Dec 13

Argentina advances to Finals. Álvarez leads the way with 2 goals for Argentina

	1	2	T
ARG	-	-	-
CRO	-	-	-

Lusail Stadium, Lusail, QAT

	1	2	T
ARG	2	1	3
CRO	0	0	0

Argentina advances to Finals. Álvarez leads the way with 2 goals for Argentina

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substitutes

Lisandro Martinez ^#25 ^• ^D

^62'

Paulo Dybala ^#21 ^• ^F

^74'

Exequiel Palacios ^#14 ^• ^M

^74'

Angel Correa ^#15 ^• ^F

^86'

Juan Foyth ^#2 ^• ^D

^86'

Thiago Almada ^#16 ^• ^M

Franco Armani ^#1 ^• ^G

Angel Di Maria ^#11 ^• ^F

Lautaro Martinez ^#22 ^• ^F

German Pezzella ^#6 ^• ^D

Guido Rodriguez ^#18 ^• ^M

Geronimo Rulli ^#12 ^• ^G

^45' ^F ^• ^#18 Mislav Orsic

^45' ^M ^• ^#13 Nikola Vlasic

^50' ^F ^• ^#16 Bruno Petkovic

^72' ^F ^• ^#14 Marko Livaja

^81' ^M ^• ^#7 Lovro Majer

^D ^• ^#3 Borna Barisic

^F ^• ^#17 Ante Budimir

^D ^• ^#5 Martin Erlic

^G ^• ^#12 Ivo Grbic

^G ^• ^#23 Ivica Ivusic

^M ^• ^#26 Kristijan Jakic

^D ^• ^#2 Josip Stanisic

^M ^• ^#25 Luka Sucic

^D ^• ^#24 Josip Sutalo

^D ^• ^#21 Domagoj Vida

ARGENTINA
formation: 4-4-2

23

Martinez
3

Tagliafico
19

Otamendi
13

Romero
85'
26

Molina
85'
20

Mac Allister
24

Fernandez
61'
5

Paredes
73'
7

De Paul
73'
9 2

Alvarez
10

Messi

substitutes

Lisandro Martinez ^#25 ^• ^D ^62'
Paulo Dybala ^#21 ^• ^F ^74'
Exequiel Palacios ^#14 ^• ^M ^74'
Angel Correa ^#15 ^• ^F ^86'
Juan Foyth ^#2 ^• ^D ^86'
Thiago Almada ^#16 ^• ^M
Franco Armani ^#1 ^• ^G
Angel Di Maria ^#11 ^• ^F
Lautaro Martinez ^#22 ^• ^F
German Pezzella ^#6 ^• ^D
Guido Rodriguez ^#18 ^• ^M
Geronimo Rulli ^#12 ^• ^G
CROATIA
formation: 4-1-2-3

45'
15

Pasalic
71'
9

Kramaric
4

Perisic
80'
10

Modric
8

Kovacic
49'
11

Brozovic
22

Juranovic
6

Lovren
20

Gvardiol
45'
19

Sosa
1

Livakovic

substitutes

^45' ^F ^• ^#18 Mislav Orsic
^45' ^M ^• ^#13 Nikola Vlasic
^50' ^F ^• ^#16 Bruno Petkovic
^72' ^F ^• ^#14 Marko Livaja
^81' ^M ^• ^#7 Lovro Majer
^D ^• ^#3 Borna Barisic
^F ^• ^#17 Ante Budimir
^D ^• ^#5 Martin Erlic
^G ^• ^#12 Ivo Grbic
^G ^• ^#23 Ivica Ivusic
^M ^• ^#26 Kristijan Jakic
^D ^• ^#2 Josip Stanisic
^M ^• ^#25 Luka Sucic
^D ^• ^#24 Josip Sutalo
^D ^• ^#21 Domagoj Vida

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KEY PLAYERS

Julian Alvarez ARG · #9

2 Goals, 11 Passes

Lionel Messi ARG · #10

1 Goal (PK), 1 Assist, 2 SOG

Ivan Perisic CRO · #14

1 SOG, 35 Passes

Luka Modric CRO · #10

2 S, 64 Passes

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KEY PLAYS

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

Croatia have been awarded a corner by Daniele Orsato.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

In Lusail Croatia attack through Dejan Lovren. The finish is off target, however.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

Nikola Vlasic for Croatia gets in a strike but fails to hit the target.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

Croatia's Lovro Majer gets in a shot on goal at Lusail Stadium. But the effort is unsuccessful.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

86' J. Foyth substituted in for N. Molina.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

86' A. Correa substituted in for A. Mac Allister.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

Corner awarded to Croatia.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

Alexis Mac Allister of Argentina gets in a strike, but is off target.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

81' L. Majer substituted in for L. Modric.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

Croatia's Mislav Orsic breaks free at Lusail Stadium. But the strike goes wide of the post.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

Croatia are coming forward and Ivan Perisic gets in a strike, it misses the target, however.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

74' P. Dybala substituted in for J. Alvarez.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

In Lusail Croatia drive forward through Ivan Perisic. His shot is on target but it's saved.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

72' M. Livaja substituted in for A. Kramaric.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 3 CRO 0

70' N. Otamendi (ARG) received a yellow card.

ARG KEY STAT

ARG 3 CRO 0

69' J. Alvarez (ARG) has 2 goals in the game.

ARG GOAL

ARG 3 CRO 0

69' J. Alvarez scored a goal, assisted by L. Messi.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 2 CRO 0

68' C. Romero (ARG) received a yellow card.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 2 CRO 0

62' Li. Martinez substituted in for L. Paredes.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 2 CRO 0

Argentina pushes forward through Lionel Messi, whose finish on goal is saved.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 2 CRO 0

50' B. Petkovic substituted in for M. Brozovic.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 2 CRO 0

Argentina's Leandro Paredes is on target but unsuccessful.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 2 CRO 0

45' N. Vlasic substituted in for M. Pasalic.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 2 CRO 0

Argentina have been awarded a corner by Daniele Orsato.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 2 CRO 0

Argentina push upfield and Alexis Mac Allister gets his head to the ball. The attempt is cleared by an alert Croatia defence.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 2 CRO 0

Corner awarded to Argentina.

ARG GOAL

ARG 2 CRO 0

39' J. Alvarez scored a goal.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 1 CRO 0

Corner awarded to Croatia.

ARG GOAL

ARG 1 CRO 0

34' L. Messi scored on a penalty kick.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 0 CRO 0

32' D. Livakovic (CRO) received a yellow card.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 0 CRO 0

31' M. Kovacic (CRO) received a yellow card.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 0 CRO 0

Croatia are pushing forward but Ivan Perisic's finish is wide of the goal.

ARG KEY PLAY

ARG 0 CRO 0

Enzo Fernandez gets his shot on target but fails to score for Argentina.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 0 CRO 0

Croatia surge into the attack at Lusail Stadium but Dejan Lovren’s header is off-target.

CRO KEY PLAY

ARG 0 CRO 0

Croatia have been awarded a corner by Daniele Orsato.

C1 Argentina vs

F2 Croatia

2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Semifinals: Dec 13, 2022

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