The National Team displayed a great level of play in front of almost 90,000 people at the Lusail Iconic stadium, and with the Argentinian star -Messi- as their banner, they made it to the World Cup final.
The match for the title will be played next Sunday from 12 in Argentina. The “Scaloneta” will face that day the winner of the match that will be played tomorrow by the current world champion, France, and the surprise Morocco, in the other semifinal of the World Cup.
At the start, Lionel Scaloni’s team sought to take possession of the ball at the hands of Enzo Fernández and the rest of the midfielders who accompanied him, while he tried to hurt on the wings, with the overflows of Nahuel Molina and Nicolás Tagliafico.
For his part, Croatia responded with a quick reaction that allowed him to recover the ball and take full control, with Luke Modric As the central axis distributing the game, but without offensive weight to disturb.
The dominance by the Croatian team lasted for several minutes, but Argentina with a good collective play broke the offensive block proposed by its rival and with a mid-distance shot from Fernández that was saved by goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic in two halves.
The National Team managed to unlock the game by betting on the counterattack and in a burst of five minutes they scored two goals: first Messi converted from a penalty and then Álvarez, following a series of rebounds and sheer power, made it 2-0, following a spectacular run .
In the complement, the Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic made three variants in his team, in which he appealed to footballers with offensive characteristics to corner Scaloni’s men, who were safe on the last line and once more on the counterattack, almost stretching the differences with a Messi’s action that goalkeeper Livakovic covered.
Given the changes proposed by the Croatian team, Argentina modified its scheme with the entry of Lisandro Martínez and with this not only reinforced the last line, but also released the game on the wings.
After a great individual action by Messi, who entered the area following feinting and “taking Josko Gvardiol out for a walk”, he overflowed down the line and assisted Álvarez with a touch from behind so that the Cordoba man made it 3-0.
After the last goal, Argentina dominated the game in their own style and did not have any surprises once morest an opponent who felt the effect of not being able to reverse history.
In this way, the Scaloni and Messi team will seek to reach the maximum glory of world football next Sunday following 36 years.
The last time the National Team won the World Cup was in Mexico 1986, led by another star, another soccer genius: Diego Armando Maradona. Now Messi seeks to continue his legacy and also become bronze.
