FIRST SEMI FINAL FIFA WORLD CUP 2022

 QATAR : FIFA World Cup 2022 Round of 16 ended and then 4 quarter finals completed as a result of which 4 top teams reached in two Semi Finals. First Semi Final held on Wednesday 14th December 2022 at Losail Stadium between Argentina and Croatia. Both teams performed very well in initial stage, Round of 16 & Quarter Final. But Argentina have little bit upper hand on Croatia and biggest difference between them is world class footballer Lional Messi.

Below is the Team lineup of both semi finalist teams.

ARGENTINA LINEUP

1.    D. Marteniz

2.    N. Molina

3.    C. Romero

4.    N. Otemandi

5.    N. Tagliafico

6.    R. De Paul

7.    L. Paredes

8.    E. Fernandez

9.    A. Mac Allister

10.  L. Messi

11.  J. Alvarez       

CROATIA LINEUP

1.    D. Livakovic

2.    B. Sosa

3.    G. Gvardiol

4.    D. Lovren

5.    J. Juronavic

6.    M. Kovacic

7.    M. Brozovic

8.    L. Modric

9.    I. Perisic

10.  A. Kramaric

11.  M. Pasalic

First half started at 12:00 AM at Losail Stadium. From start Argentina team remained dominated and attacked continuously on Croatian goal post. In first half World & Argentinian number player Lionel Messi strike on Croatian goal post and did first goal from Argentina at Penalty Stroke at 34 minuet of first half after first goal they didn't stop their attacks then at 39 minute of first half Argentina striker J. Alveraz strike his first goal and over all second goal of first half from Argentina side. First half ended after goals scores as mentioned below

FIRST HALF

ARGENTINA  2                    CROATIA   0  

Second half started Croatia also tried to equalize first but didn't get success due to strong defense of Argentina and good goal keeping from their goal keeper. Argentina keep their attacks on Croatian goal post and in the end Argentinian striker J. Alveraz did his second goal and total of 3rd goal of Argentina at the end of match score of Argentina remain same and no goal was done by Croatia. This match was one sided and Argentina easily beat the Croatia by 3 goals. 

SECOND HALF

ARGENTINA  3                    CROATIA   0 

Argentina won the first semi final of FIFA World Cup 2022 and became first team to qualify Final of the World Cup. This is 6th time that Argentina qualified Football world cup and in the past they already Football World Cup twice. Now we will see that Argentina will win the FIFA World Cup third time or remain as per previous winning numbers.

Congratulations to Argentina for qualifying to FIFA World Cup 2022