- Curtains for Croatia, as Argentina reach their sixth World Cup final. The Albiceleste will play either France or Morocco in the summit clash on December 18.
- Another Argentine goal with a Lionel Messi impression on it. The Albiceleste skipper carves out a classic assist for Julian Alvarez, who scores his second goal of the semi-final in the 69th minute. Argentina are now 3-0 up.
- After Lionel Messi's successful spot-kick in the 34th minute, Julian Alvarez scores a wonder goal in the 39th to put Argentina 2-0 ahead versus the 2018 edition finalists Croatia.
In dream chase, Luka Modric in Lionel Messi's path
The song goes like this... “In Argentina I was born, in the land of Diego and Lionel, and I will never forget, the lads of Las Malvinas. I can’t explain it to you, because you just won’t understand, how many years I mourned, for the finals that we lost.”
It’s been over 36 years since Diego Maradona lifted the World Cup for Argentina at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. With every subsequent World Cup failure, the craving has just intensified. The failures, however, never deterred Argentine fans from travelling with the team, cheering them on, living the dream of Lionel Messi of a hand on the cherished trophy.
Penalty-hero shot-stoppers in race to be show-stopper
Of all the Martinezes — three to be precise — Argentina have, Emiliano has the most difficult job.
Vilified after conceding two goals against Saudi Arabia in the opening match last month, Emiliano became the toast of Argentine fans after making two penalty saves in the quarter-final win against the Netherlands.