The semi-final match of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar between Argentina and Croatia is scheduled for Tuesday 13 December from 21:00 at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail and will be broadcast by TVR 1.

Argentina, one of the favorites for the trophy, and Croatia, the world runners-up four years ago, will meet in Russia in the first semi-final of the 2022 World Cup.

Argentina started the competition in the Persian Gulf with a shocking 1-2 draw with Saudi Arabia, but then paraded Mexico (2-0) and Poland (2-0) to win the group, advanced to the “eighty” Australia with 2-1 and The Netherlands, after the penalty, score 2-2 and 4-3 after the execution of the penalty.

Cougars coach Lionel Scaloni will be without starting full-backs Gonzalo Montiel (right) and Marcos Acuna (left), both suspended due to yellow card accumulation, while Alejandro Gomez, Angel Di Maria and Rodrigo de Paul all have medical concerns.

With four goals, Lionel Messi is Argentina’s top scorer and the second top scorer at the 2022 World Cup behind Frenchman Kylian Mbappe (five goals), and the PSG star, at 35, has one last chance to score the only trophy missing from his record.

Croatia look to be on a repeat course from the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where they reached the final after three draws in the knockout stages, winning twice on penalties in Denmark and Russia (in the ‘eighties’ and ‘quarters’) and one once in overtime with England (in the semi-finals).

Zlatko Dalic’s team did not shine even in the group, from which they emerged after a single 4-1 win over Canada and two draws with Morocco and Belgium to knock out Japan in the round of 16 (1-1 after 90 minutes and, accordingly, after 120 minutes, and 3-1 on penalties), and in the quarter-finals to pass Brazil (0-0 after 90 minutes, 1-1 after extra time and 4-2 on penalties).

Croatia, who currently have eight players from the 2018 World Cup finals and the same coach, have no problem with their squad for the match against Argentina.

The last time these two teams met was at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, when Croatia, also coached by Zlatko Dalic, won their match against Argentina 3-0 in the group stage thanks to goals from Rebic 53, Modric 80 and Rakitic 90+1. .

Superbet offers odds of 1.85 on prediction 1: victory in regular time (90 minutes) of the national team of Argentina in the match against Croatia.

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