At 3 a.m. today Beijing time, the first semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup started, with Argentina against Croatia. In the end, with Messi's 1 shot and 2 passes from , Argentina defeated Croatia 3-0 and advanced to the finals with head-holding.
If you don’t watch the game and just look at this score, many fans will think that the Argentine team won too easily. In fact, after the 32nd minute, the game did become relatively simple. Argentine team completely had the advantage, but the first half hour of the game was actually very stalemate.
Croatia's Modric + Brozovic + Kovasic midfield combination is still the world's top, especially Kovasic's condition in this game is very good. In the first half an hour, Croatia basically suppressed the Argentina team, but unfortunately, he was in a position to win the situation and did not score.
In the 32nd minute, Alvarez got a one-on-one chance. Under Kovakovic's forced, Alvarez's pick-up power was a bit small and was destroyed by his opponent. However, the referee believed that Kovakovic knocked down Alvarez and awarded Argentina a penalty kick, and gave Kovakovic and Kovaci each showed a yellow card. Messi made the penalty and Argentina led 1-0.
Judging from the slow motion after the game, Kovakovic did not actively hit Alvarez. After Alvarez made a pick shot, he hit Kovakovic himself. This penalty was undoubtedly a misjudgment.
Messi and C Ronaldo are gods created by FIFA in the past decade. In 2014, Argentina also reached the World Cup final, but in the end, he regretfully lost to the German team and finished second. There is still a big gap between the championship and the runner-up. Ronaldo has been eliminated early, and Messi's importance in the World Cup is self-evident.
Mo Xu helped Argentina advance, which made people worry about the second semi-final of the World Cup at 3 a.m. tomorrow Beijing time, which is France vs. Morocco. defending champion The French team is strong, except for the slightly immature midfielder, the world's top in the frontcourt and top in the backcourt, and the Moroccan team has strong defense, can run and grab, and pass and catch the ball first-class, but the forward's ability to seize counterattack opportunities is indeed a bit poor, which can be compared with Wu Lei .
From the perspective of play, the Moroccan team is not afraid of the technical flow of Spain and Portugal, but the French team with body + technology is really restrained.
. Judging from the World Cup final matchup, there are only two possibilities. One is Argentina VS Morocco, that is, the first time in the World Cup has no European team to participate in the final. This is unrealistic. Most of the officials in FIFA are still Europeans, and FIFA's main income still depends on European League . The other is Argentina VS France, the two major football powers are facing each other, Messi and two new and old football kings are facing each other, which is full of highlights, which is definitely what FIFA is willing to see. The French team itself has the advantage in strength, and with this factor, the French team won tonight without worries.
