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Croats should have never conceded that penalty in the 34th minute. It was a very costly mistake. Both the teams were evenly posed till then and the goal from the penalty kick changed the course of the match. And before the Croatian players could recover, Julián Álvarez scored the second goal in a matter of few minutes. At half-time, Argentina was well ahead at 2-0 and at this point the outcome of the match was pretty clear. And it was a very poor tackle from the goalkeeper that conceded the penalty. Dominik Livaković was exceptional till then, but this mistake from him probably cost Croatia a place in the final.

Maybe they hit their limits after two previous knock out matches with Japan and Brazil. When players are tired, they can make mistakes which usually they don't make such. It was hard to believe that Croatia can have another World Cup at semi final but they achieved it already. Their goalkeeper did not have any chance in three goals of Argentina. The second goal of Julian Alvarez is a little bit lucky but it comes from his effort.

The dribble of Messi over Gvardiol is amazing and he even run from middle of the field with very high speed. Messi has good mood after the win against Netherlands and he continued it with Croatia. He will have a second World Cup final with Argentina. Gvardiol did not want to prevent Messi too seriously with physical contacts because he knows Croatia might get another penalty.

The opponent can be Morocco or France and it would be easier for Messi if opponent is Morocco. France will bring more challenge to Argentina in the final match.

The Croatian defense let them down.  I’m sorry to say this but they started very well as the midfield trio, but this is football. If you don’t score, you’ll lose. Messi put in a talisman-like performance during the win over Croatia, dispatching the first goal from the penalty spot, and making a beautiful run past Gvardiol before playing in Alvarez for his second and third. He’s really need to win this trophy so it will solidify him for many as the best footballer of all time.

It was a completely one-sided match yesterday (forget about the ball possession stats). Croatia never had a chance, once Argentina went 1-0 ahead through the penalty kick. What worked for Croatia during the match against Brazil didn't worked this time against Argentina. And Argentina had a well defined plan ahead of their semi-final clash. Croatia's tactic of tying down the star forwards of the opposing team didn't worked well, as the Argentinian players redistributed attacking responsibilities among themselves. Croats were busy trying to hold Messi, while Mac Allister and Rodrigo De Paul took over the responsibility to pass the ball.

Argenting was countering the strategy that being used by croatia. Croatia was always owning the ball and that makes croatia forgot with its defensive line. Argentina was taking the advantage over it and then since some defensive players of croatia were also moving to the argentina's line and the counter attack from argentina became very effective caused by only a few people who standing on the croatia's defensive line. That's a very nice strategy from argentina to let croatia owning the ball and thinking if croatia can dominate the match by making lots of goals.
I saw how frustate the croatian players are to make goals.

What happened to Croatia's defence? The defenders were running without any clue. Ofcourse the goal keeper did his best otherwise it would have been 5-0. Croatia made it so simple for Argentina to enter the final.

Messi magic can change the game so fast. The last goal and timely pass by Messi to Alvarez was astounding. Not to forget the second goal all controlled and capatalized by Alvarez was great to watch. What a win for Argentina!

Yeah, my congratulations to Argentina for once of again qualifying for the finals, just like I and my friends predicted, Argentina has always been a great team but sometimes, I wonder how far they can go without Messi, I want to believe that this 2022 World Cup could possibly be the last Messi would be participating in, so I see why it very important for him to win the cup for his country, I would like to see what the Argentines can do without Messi in the coming years world cup.

We will watch France and Morocco battle for the finals later today, though like I always say, France are far more strong than Morocco, their teams are more capable and qualified, they have a higher chance of winning the match, but I pray they lose to Morocco, it will be Morocco's first time to the finals, let's see what they can do against Argentina.

Frankly, I did not think that the match would be so easy for Argentina. They analyzed Croatia very well. They gave the ball to the croats and pulled the plug with quick attacks. Argentina played almost flawlessly in defense. Croatia found its first serious position after 70 minutes. It was also a corner organization.

It was a match that was won by the deserving side, which was not bad to watch. Anyway, that assist by messi was as enjoyable as a 90-minute match alone. The man has officially mad the young boy who is said to be the best defender of the future. This man is something else... I hope argentina wins the cup and the world football pays its debt to Messi...

All the best and best wishes to the Argentina football team as they beat Croatia 3-0 to secure the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 final.  I wish Argentina to win the World Cup in the final.

It's true that Croatia's performance was also good but what you are saying  about shots if you look at the match stats then you will also saw that the shots on target here Argentina is ahead from Croatia  from Argentina they shots on target 7 on the others hand Croatia dis only 2 shots on target . But it's true they are ahead about match possession but they could able to goal . Congratulations to Argentina for get the ticket of final

Lol exactly, you can have 80% of ball possession but if you don't win the match, it doesn't really matter. Personally, I was not really impressed by Croatia today, Argentina deserved the win and in the end it was pretty easy in fact. France vs Morocco will be interesting but if the logic get respected we will get a final between France and Argentina.

Argentina won the game against Croatia for very strong and evident reasons: First, they have Lionel Messi who is simply brilliant, an undisputed leader and who puts on a show in every match; Julián Álvarez, the great revelation of Argentine football who is still a "newbie" but who plays like a veteran; Enzo Fernández, who is capable of carrying out quite difficult missions, and one of them was to stop Luka Modric who is 16 years older than him.

And last, there is the wise choice of coach Lionel Scaloni, who has the talent to change the team according to his opponents and adversity in each match.
Scaloni had tested three different tactical formations and today he opted for something more "conservative", with the addition of another midfielder: instead of returning with Di María on the left wing, he used Rodrigo Paredes and, with that, neutralized the strongest sector from Croatia. A masterstroke that worked very well.

I'm Brazilian, Argentina's archenemy, but I recognize... they played very well. Congratulations Argentina

About the magical thing of soccer I was talking about Japan vs Croatia, not the Argentina's match.
In my opinion Japan played better and deserved the classification more than Croatia.

Japan was more enthusiastic, they classified in 1st place in a group where Germany and Spain were the huge favorites. Japan was looking for victory, but as I said, soccer things.
How can you explain a team like Brazil losing the classification to Croatia?

The coach Zlatko Dalić did a pretty good job with the team available, maybe 1 young player and 1 good atacker could lead Croatia to finals.

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For tomorrow's game I'm waiting to a victory of France and more than 2,5 goals, let's see if I'm lucky again  

70% huh, well actually it was 61% and it means nothing when they lost. It was also 12 shots on goals against Argentina which was 1 shots higher than Argentina but it seems they couldnt recreate their amazing run back in 2018 World Cup.

Personally think that it would be Argentina against France on final but I would love to watch Morocco win the game though. Im not gonna lie but if Morocco win against France tonight then they deserved to win the World Cup as well

Congratulations dear team Argentina.  Because Argentina made it to the final with a hundred tries.  However, Croatia could not make it to the final despite trying hard here.  Argentina lost 3-0 in 2018 but this time too Croatia lost by the same score.  However, there are some great players in Croatia's team, who have far more talent than Argentina's team.  However, Croatia also lost to France in 2018 and again in 2022 and lost to Argentina, but their foreheads are very miserable.

Alvarez was almost certainly going to score, and the fact that the GK obstructed his movement after he flicked the ball past him is a foul. I don't blame the goalkeeper; he did what anyone could have done. I'm not sure Croatia had more than two shots on goal prior to that goal, they were already looking lost prior to that goal, and I'm not sure the goal had much of an impact on the game. Croatia's defense was not strong enough today, and they were fortunate to concede only three goals.

Kovasic overrated and im sure he said some funny thing to the ref. 

They did nothing for 15 minutes, Croatia's dominance lasted less than 20 minutes; I guess their plan was to score early and then sit back, but it didn't work. And, as I mentioned earlier, they had another good run, becoming the best European team after France in two consecutive World Cups, something to be proud of. Your country performed admirably, but the best team won tonight.

Croatia did a great job by having almost 70% ball possession and they have 7 on goals also because Argentina's defense is very tight so the attacker is not effective to create a chance of goals. We do not doubt Croatia's struggle is pretty great but Argentina's player is better at struggle, especially Julian Alvarez who create 2 scores, but the man of standing is still Lionel Messi.

The goalkeeper didn't have any contact with ball before he knockdown the argentine player which mean that it was a clear penalty. It would have been a big blunder on the side of the referee if he had failed to give that penalty.

But I think the Croatians defended very badly in that match. After the first goal they became desperate to level up but failed to coverup for a potential Argentina counter attack. The second goal came because of this defensive lapses. The third goal was a result of Messi football prowess. He singlehandedly created that goal scoring opportunity.

My heart goes to the hard-fighting Croatian side. They have suffered so much heartbreak from the world cup because they have always been close to the trophy but never had the opportunity to win it. Its time for Luka Modrić to retire as a hero because he has contributed immensely to the development of his country's football.

Alvarez is having a very good performance during the match against croatia. I meant look at how fast alvarez to did counter attack against croatia. It seems like that alvarez will be considered as a potential player by another club but that's very sad to say that he was loosing to compete with haaland in the city. that makes him to become haaland's back up. I hope that alvarez will consider move to the new club. That will be far better to him to get more minutes to play in the main squad rather than competing in the city with haaland as he has no chance against haaland. Alvarez's potential can be seen from this match. Im really happy to see that he was making two goals against croatia.

Argentina really did very well in this match. Their first goal through a penalty kick really burned up their spirit to make more goals and win the match. Their first goal really made all players become more confident during the match. Messi was really able to realize it to his whole team players. And, Alvarez was awesome by making 2 goals. All players in all lineups did solid and strong performances. Probably, Argentina has less ball possession, but the way they executed their attack was very effective and accurate. We can see also how many saves were made by their defenders and also their goalkeeper during the match. Martinez always becomes a very strong and consistent goalkeeper. Although he is not the best goalkeeper in the world, although he may be not as good as in the club, during the World Cup, he could really optimize his power.

Morocco will exactly face a very difficult opponent this time, against France. The pressure is higher, France is the defending champion of the World CUp. We also know how many very talented players of France has. Most of the players in all lines are great players. It will not be easy and will be very tough for Morocco. However, as long as they are able to manage and optimize every chance, as usual, I am sure they can do their best, regardless of the result of the match, I support everything.