Argentina squad for semi-final announced, Di Maria not in starting XI; Critical changes

First Published Dec 13, 2022, 11:10 PM IST

Doha: Argentina’s starting eleven for the semi-final match once morest Croatia in the FIFA World Cup has been announced. Leandro Paredes replaces Lizardo Martinez and Taglifico replaces Marcus Acuna in Argentina’s starting XI. Angel Di Maria is not in the starting XI.

Di Maria came on as a last-minute substitute in the last match. Acuñak and Mondial missed today’s match due to the yellow cards they received once morest the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. Both of them were unable to play once morest Croatia in the crucial semi-final as they received a yellow card in the previous match.

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Akunak was booked for a foul on Netherlands defender Julian Timber in the last match while Mondial was booked for a handball once morest Cody Gakpo.

Argentina XI (4-4-2): Damian Martinez, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico, Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Leandro Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister, Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez.

Substitutes: Franco Armani, Juan Foyth, German Pezzella, Angel Di Maria, Geronimo Rulli, Exequiel Palacios, Angel Correa, Thiago Almada, Guido Rodriguez, Paulo Dybala, Lautaro Martinez, Lisandro Martinez.

Croatia  XI (4-3-3): Dominik Livakovic, Josip Juranovic, Dejan Lovren, Josko Guardiol, Borna Sosa, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic, Mario Pasalic, Andrej Kramaric, Ivan Perisic.

Substitutes: Kristijan Jakic, Josip Stanisic, Borna Barisic, Martin Erlic, Lovro Majer, Ivo Grbic, Nikola Vlasic, Marko Livaja, Bruno Petkovic, Ante Budimir, Mislav Orsic, Domagoj Vida, Ivica Ivusic, Josip Sutalo, Luka Sucic.

Last Updated Dec 13, 2022, 11:52 PM IST

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