Croatia eliminated Neymar Jr’s Brazil to extend to the semi-finals of the ongoing world cup tournament in Qatar. Despite going down 1-0 in the first half of extra time, the 2018 world cup finalists equalized through Bruno Petkovic in the second half of extra time to send the game to penalties....CONTINUE READING
Croatia defeated Brazil 4-2 on penalties to extend to the FIFA World Cup semi-finals. While in the other game, Argentina had to go into the penalty shootouts after the Netherlands equalized in the last minute of additional time.
They won all thanks to Emi Martinez who made two first saves. Croatia and Argentina will meet again at the International level for the sixth time in history, below are how they feared in previous games.
– Last five meetings between Argentina and Croatia ahead of the FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
1994: Croatia 0-0 Argentina (Friendly)
1998: Argentina 1-0 Croatia (World Cup)
2006: Croatia 3-2 Argentina (Friendly)
2014: Argentina 2-1 Croatia (Friendly)
2018: Argentina 0-3 Croatia (World Cup)
✓ Why Argentina might crash out of the FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
Going by Croatia’s previous performance in the world cup games, the European team might eliminate Argentina whose squad depth speaks more volumes than that of Luka Modric’s Croatia team.
Argentina failed against Saudi Arabia in their first game due to the way they approached the game and they might face the same fate against Croatia who masters pressure absorption.
Croatia eliminated Japan and Brazil after coming from behind to equalize in the round of 16 and Quarter Finals. They sent the game to penalty shootouts and won those two fixtures. Croatia’s recent stats against Argentina speaks much volume about how they deal with big teams.
