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Argentina 3-0 Croatia - December 13, 2022 / World Cup 2022

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World Cup 2022 - Semi-finals

Lusail Iconic Stadium - Lusail - Qatar

December 13, 2022 - 20:00

Argentina

3 - 0

Croatia

(penalty) Lionel Messi

34'

(right foot) Julián Álvarez

39'

Assist by Lionel Messi (right foot) Julián Álvarez

69'

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34' - Goal Lionel Messi34

34' - Yellow card Dominik Livakovic

35' - Yellow card Mateo Kovacic

39' - Goal Julián Álvarez39

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46' - Substitution Borna Sosais substituted by Mislav Orsic photo Nikola Vlasic

46' - Substitution Mario Pasalicis substituted by Nikola Vlasic

50' - Substitution Marcelo Brozovicis substituted by Bruno Petkovic

61' - Substitution Leandro Paredesis substituted by Lisandro Martínez61

68' - Yellow card Cristian Romero68

69' - Goal Julián Álvarez69

72' - Substitution Andrej Kramaricis substituted by Marko Livaja

74' - Substitution Rodrigo De Paulis substituted by Exequiel Palacios74

75' - Substitution Julián Álvarezis substituted by Paulo Dybala75

81' - Substitution Luka Modricis substituted by Lovro Majer

86' - Substitution Nahuel Molinais substituted by Juan Foyth photo Angel Correa

86' - Substitution Alexis Mac Allisteris substituted by Angel Correa86

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Team line-ups LIVE Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Argentina

3 - 0

Croatia

Argentina Croatia

Team line-ups

Argentina

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Álvarez396975

Julián Álvarez

Argentina

B.date31/01/2000

Age22 years

H1m70

positionCentre forward

20Mac Allister86

Alexis Mac Allister

Argentina

B.date24/12/1998

Age23 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

10Messi34

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age35 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

7De Paul74

Rodrigo De Paul

Argentina

B.date24/05/1994

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

5Paredes61

Leandro Paredes

Argentina

B.date29/06/1994

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

24Fernandez

Enzo Fernandez

Argentina

B.date17/01/2001

Age21 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

3Tagliafico

Nicolás Tagliafico

Argentina

B.date31/08/1992

Age30 years

H1m67

positionLeft full-back

19Otamendi

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age34 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

13Romero68

Cristian Romero

Argentina

B.date27/04/1998

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

26Molina86

Nahuel Molina

Argentina

B.date06/04/1998

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

23Martinez

Emiliano Martinez

Argentina

B.date02/09/1992

Age30 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Emiliano Martinez		30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Nicolás Otamendi		34	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Cristian Romero	68	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Nahuel Molina	86	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Nicolás Tagliafico		30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Alexis Mac Allister	86	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Leandro Paredes	61	28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rodrigo De Paul	74	28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Enzo Fernandez		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Julián Álvarez	396975	22	18	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Lionel Messi	34	35	171	9You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Croatia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Kramaric72

Andrej Kramaric

Croatia

B.date19/06/1991

Age31 years

H1m77

positionStriker

4Perisic

Ivan Perisic

Croatia

B.date02/02/1989

Age33 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

15Pasalic46

Mario Pasalic

Croatia

B.date09/02/1995

Age27 years

H1m88

positionPlaymaker

8Kovacic35

Mateo Kovacic

Croatia

B.date06/05/1994

Age28 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

11Brozovic50

Marcelo Brozovic

Croatia

B.date16/11/1992

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

10Modric81

Luka Modric

Croatia

B.date09/09/1985

Age37 years

H1m74

positionPlaymaker

19Sosa46

Borna Sosa

Croatia

B.date21/01/1998

Age24 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

20Gvardiol

Josko Gvardiol

Croatia

B.date23/01/2002

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

6Lovren

Dejan Lovren

Croatia

B.date05/07/1989

Age33 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

22Juranovic

Josip Juranovic

Croatia

B.date16/08/1995

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

1Livakovic34

Dominik Livakovic

Croatia

B.date09/01/1995

Age27 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Dominik Livakovic	34	27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Dejan Lovren		33	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Josko Gvardiol		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Borna Sosa	46	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Josip Juranovic		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Marcelo Brozovic	50	30	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luka Modric	81	37	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Mario Pasalic	46	27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mateo Kovacic	35	28	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Perisic		33	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Andrej Kramaric	72	31	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Franco Armani		36
12	G	Gerónimo Rulli		30
2	D	Juan Foyth	86	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Lisandro Martínez	61	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Germán Pezzella		31
18	M	Guido Rodríguez		28
14	M	Exequiel Palacios	74	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ángel Di María		34
16	M	Thiago Almada		21
21	F	Paulo Dybala	75	29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Angel Correa	86	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Lautaro Martínez		25

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Ivo Grbic		26
23	G	Ivica Ivusic		27
24	D	Josip Sutalo		22
21	D	Domagoj Vida		33
5	D	Martin Erlic		24
2	D	Josip Stanisic		22
3	D	Borna Barisic		30
26	M	Kristijan Jakic		25
25	M	Luka Sucic		20
7	M	Lovro Majer	81	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Nikola Vlasic	46	25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Bruno Petkovic	50	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Marko Livaja	72	29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Mislav Orsic	46	29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Ante Budimir		31

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicolás Tagliafico

Marcos Acuña

OUT

Leandro Paredes

Lisandro Martínez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Lionel Scaloni

Success rate in this team:

66 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

Scaloni vs Croatia

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2022

Scaloni vs Dalic

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2022

Manager

Age

Match num

Zlatko Dalic

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Dalic vs Argentina

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2022

Dalic vs Scaloni

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2022

Referee

Daniele Orsato

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Argentina2 matches	General total	Croatia4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Argentina2 matches	Season total	Croatia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
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Assistant Referee

Alessandro Giallatini

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Argentina1 match	General total	Croatia2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Argentina1 match	Season total	Croatia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
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Assistant Referee

Ciro Carbone

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Argentina1 match	General total	Croatia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Argentina1 match	Season total	Croatia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
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4th official

Mohamed Abdulla Hassan

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Argentina1 match	General total	Croatia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Argentina1 match	Season total	Croatia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
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LIVE

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Important actions

90+6'		End of game.
90+6'		Dejan Lovren misses the target with the right foot.
90+1'		There will be 5 min. of additional time.
90'		Foul on Angel Correa.
89'		Lovro Majer makes a weak shot with the left foot , easily saved by the goalkeeper.
87'		Nahuel Molina is substituted by Juan Foyth.
86'		Alexis Mac Allister is substituted by Angel Correa.
86'		Ivan Perisic dévisse complètement son tir headershot.
85'		Corner, conceded by Nicolás Tagliafico.
83'		Alexis Mac Allister has his shot with the right foot end up close to the posts.
81'		Luka Modric is substituted by Lovro Majer.
78'		Bruno Petkovic dévisse complètement son tir with the right foot.
76'		Ivan Perisic envoie le ballon with the left foot directement dans les tribunes.
75'		Julián Álvarez is substituted by Paulo Dybala.
74'		Rodrigo De Paul is substituted by Exequiel Palacios.
73'		Ivan Perisic makes a weak shot with the left foot from outside the box, easily saved by the goalkeeper.
72'		Andrej Kramaric is substituted by Marko Livaja.
69'		GOOOAAAAL!! Julián Álvarez scores with the right foot following a successful crossing. Assist by Lionel Messi.
68'		Yellow card! Cristian Romero se voit infliger un CARTON JAUNE sévère.
66'		Foul on Luka Modric conceded by Julián Álvarez.
65'		Holding on Nikola Vlasic conceded by Lionel Messi.
63'		Dejan Lovren misses the target headershot from close range.
62'		Leandro Paredes is substituted by Lisandro Martínez.
61'		Foul on Nikola Vlasic.
59'		Cross repelled by defense from the left wing by Ivan Perisic.
58'		Lionel Messi makes a weak shot with the left foot from inside the box, easily saved by the goalkeeper.
54'		Foul on Mateo Kovacic conceded by Rodrigo De Paul.
51'		Foul on Nikola Vlasic conceded by Nicolás Tagliafico.
50'		Marcelo Brozovic is substituted by Bruno Petkovic.
49'		Leandro Paredes makes a weak shot with the right foot from outside the box, easily saved by the goalkeeper.
47'		Foul on Nikola Vlasic conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
47'		Mario Pasalic is substituted by Nikola Vlasic.
46'		Borna Sosa is substituted by Mislav Orsic.
45'		Second half.
45+5'		Half time.
45+5'		Foul on Lionel Messi.
45+3'		Missed cross from the left wing by Ivan Perisic.
45+1'		There will be 4 min. of additional time.
45'		Mario Pasalic has his shot with the right foot from close range end up close to the posts.
42'		Alexis Mac Allister oblige headershot le gardien à un arrêt de grande classe.
42'		Rodrigo De Paul gets a corner.
42'		Rodrigo De Paul misses the target with the right foot from outside the box.
39'		GOOOAAAAL!! Julián Álvarez scores with the right foot with a clever lob.
38'		Corner, conceded by Alexis Mac Allister.
35'		Yellow card! Mateo Kovacic is shown a YELLOW CARD.
34'		Yellow card! Dominik Livakovic is shown a YELLOW CARD.
34'		GOOOAAAAL!! Lionel Messi scores.
32'		PENALTY on Julián Álvarez conceded by Dominik Livakovic.
32'		Ivan Perisic misses the target.
27'		Foul on Mateo Kovacic conceded by Nahuel Molina.
26'		Alexis Mac Allister makes a weak shot with the right foot from outside the box, easily saved by the goalkeeper.
25'		Missed cross from the left wing by Nicolás Tagliafico.
19'		Obstruction on Mateo Kovacic conceded by Cristian Romero.
18'		Missed cross from the left wing by Borna Sosa.
16'		Dejan Lovren envoie le ballon headershot directement dans les tribunes.
16'		Josip Juranovic gets a corner.
13'		Foul on Alexis Mac Allister conceded by Luka Modric.
7'		Grosse faute on Nicolás Tagliafico conceded by Mario Pasalic.
5'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the left wing by Ivan Perisic.
3'		Missed cross from the right wing by Nahuel Molina.
0'		First half.

Videos

March 11, 2024

Comments

Key figures

No Argentina manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Lionel Scaloni has done less than 0.57 goals conceded per game .

It's the first time Lionel Messi scores 1 goal vs Croatia in World Cup

It's the first time Julián Álvarez scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Croatia in his professional career

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VArgentina 3-0 Jamaica27/09/2022

LArgentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia22/11/2022

VArgentina 2-0 Mexico26/11/2022

VPoland 0-2 Argentina30/11/2022

VArgentina 2-1 Australia03/12/2022

DNetherlands 2-2 Argentina09/12/2022

Overall

VUnited Arab Emirates 0-5 Argentina16/11/2022

LArgentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia22/11/2022

VArgentina 2-0 Mexico26/11/2022

VPoland 0-2 Argentina30/11/2022

VArgentina 2-1 Australia03/12/2022

DNetherlands 2-2 Argentina09/12/2022

Current form

Neutral ground

VCroatia 2-1 Bulgaria29/03/2022

DMorocco 0-0 Croatia23/11/2022

VCroatia 4-1 Canada27/11/2022

DCroatia 0-0 Belgium01/12/2022

DJapan 1-1 Croatia05/12/2022

DCroatia 1-1 Brazil09/12/2022

Overall

VSaudi Arabia 0-1 Croatia16/11/2022

DMorocco 0-0 Croatia23/11/2022

VCroatia 4-1 Canada27/11/2022

DCroatia 0-0 Belgium01/12/2022

DJapan 1-1 Croatia05/12/2022

DCroatia 1-1 Brazil09/12/2022

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	19	14
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	7	11
Winless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.6

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Lionel Messi	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Andrej Kramaric
Lionel Messi	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Andrej Kramaric
Lionel Messi	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Lionel Messi	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Lionel Messi	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Ivan Perisic
Lionel Messi	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Ivan Perisic
Lionel Messi	4 goals, 2 assists during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 assists during the last 4 matches	Mislav Orsic

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

7 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

5 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

7 gf

5 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

7 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	November 12, 2014
Neutral ground	2 - 1	November 12, 2014

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	June 21, 2018
Neutral ground	3 - 0	June 21, 2018

Latest head to head

June 21, 2018 - Coupe du Monde 2018

Argentina

0 - 3

Croatia

November 12, 2014 - Rencontres amicales 2014

Argentina

2 - 1

Croatia

March 01, 2006 - Rencontres amicales 2006

Croatia

3 - 2

Argentina

June 26, 1998 - Coupe du Monde 1998

Croatia

0 - 1

Argentina

June 04, 1994 - Rencontres amicales 1994

Croatia

0 - 0

Argentina

Best historical scorers against Croatia

Lionel Messi	2 goals	2006 - 2014
Carlos Tévez	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Cristian Ansaldi	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Mauricio Pineda	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Argentina

Anas Sharbini	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Luka Modric	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Darijo Srna	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Ivan Klasnic	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Ante Rebic	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Ivan Rakitic	1 goal	2018 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Croatia

Lionel Messi	3 matches	2006 - 2018
Enzo Pérez	2 matches	2014 - 2018
Gabriel Batistuta	2 matches	1994 - 1998
Diego Simeone	2 matches	1994 - 1998
Carlos Tévez	2 matches	2006 - 2014
Javier Mascherano	2 matches	2014 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/06/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Argentina

Igor Stimac	2 matches	1994 - 1998
Slaven Bilic	2 matches	1994 - 1998
Mateo Kovacic	2 matches	2014 - 2018
Robert Jarni	2 matches	1994 - 1998
Robert Prosinecki	2 matches	1994 - 1998
Davor Suker	2 matches	1994 - 1998