Made by Messi, finished by Alvarez. Argentina coasted past Croatia to the World Cup final with considerably less fuss than many were expecting. twoht
Messi or Modric. Modric or Messi. Much of the talk prior to this match had concerned the near-last stands of these two fine players, but at the end of a surprisingly one-sided World Cup semi-final between Argentina and Croatia, the answer turned out to be Julian Alvarez.
The penalty was the first of several pieces of Croatian defensive clumsiness that combined to give Argentina a 2-0 lead by half-time. For 30 minutes things had been going fairly well for them; they dominated possession and controlled the tempo of the game without too much apparent difficulty, albeit without creating anything that looked much like a chance. But then a simple pass from Enzo Ferdandez sent Alvarez through with the Croatian central defence nowhere to be seen.
The interval didn’t seem to bring out much of a change from the first. As per the first half, the second started with Croatia dominating possession, with the only thing that passed for a chance for them being the ball momentarily bouncing around the Argentina penalty area.
If Argentina are coming together as a team, they’re certainly picking the right time to do so. That opening gameall feels like such a long time ago. And the same might well be said for Lionel Messi, who is clearly having his best ever World Cup and now stands just one game removed from the medal that would complete the set.
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