Lionel Messi will have the chance to crown his glittering career with a World Cup winner’s medal after opening the scoring in a magical display that helped Argentina comprehensively beat Croatia and reach Sunday’s final.
Lionel Messi and Luka Modric face off in a mouthwatering World Cup semi-final between Argentina and Croatia on Tuesday, desperate to seize their final chance to win football's ultimate prize.
SABC Sport previews the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 semi-final between Argentina and Croatia, which will be broadcast live on SABC Sport Channels, SABC Radio Stations and sabcsport.com.
Croatia stunned favourites Brazil on penalties as the 2018 runners up reached the World Cup semi-finals again.
Croatia boss Zlatko Dalic was certain goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic would star in the penalty shootout victory over Japan as his three saves saw the 2018 finalists reach the World Cup quarter-finals in Qatar.