This Tuesday Argentina and Croatia will face each other, at 2:00 pm, and on Wednesday France and Morocco will face each other, at the same time.

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 entered the final stretch with many surprises: Croatia beat Brazil in kicks from the penalty spot (4-2) after drawing 1-1 in the 120 minutes of play and slipped into the table. semifinal, in which they will face another of the favourites, Argentina.

Although it is unexpected that the five-time world champions have been eliminated, for many it is not the fact that the Croats have advanced to this point, since in the 2018 World Cup in Russia they reached the final, in which they were beaten (4-2 ) for France, who ultimately lifted the title.

The benchmark for this team is the Real Madrid player, Luka Modrić, who at 37 brings all his experience to his country's representative, who is very close to repeating the feat he achieved four years ago.

The coach believes that unlike Spain, which had a high percentage of the ball, but in an unproductive way, Croatia is a team that gets the fruits of that possession. The counselor emphasizes that this cast is a worthy finalist. “Not in vain long ago, the former Yugoslavia was considered the Brazil of Europe”

Likewise, he values ​​that Modrić in this team is “a modern ten, the meeting point of football development. He gives balance when it is necessary, but also accelerates when it is essential ”.

Croatia will face the fierce Argentina National Team, who struggled to leave the Netherlands on the road, but showed courage and finally continued in the race and with the dream of achieving their third world title intact. Previously, he did the Olympic lap in 1978 and 1986.

In Qatar, Lionel Messi has managed to put aside the label of "cold chest". His behavior on the field and off it is far from this appreciation that his own compatriots have given him for years.

In addition, in this contest he has been the protagonist with goals. He accumulates four and escorts Kylian Mbappé, from France, in first place. Despite this, the Albiceleste has shown that she does not depend only on him and that she also has interesting group work.

In the other key will be Morocco, which surprised by beating Portugal 1-0, in a game that marked Cristiano Ronaldo's farewell to the World Cup.

“Morocco is a surprise, but if we look at what they have been doing for a while, they have gone nearly 25 games without losing and they eliminated Spain and Portugal. It is an orderly team, with a lot of mysticism, which makes good use of the characteristics of its players. 

The Moroccan team, which has PSG player Hakimi Mouh among its references, will now face France.

The Frenchmen are advancing firmly in their intention to defend the 2018 title.

Their offensive power is supported by players with high scoring capacity such as Kylian Mbappé (5 goals) and Olivier Giroud (4), who are in contention for the scorer's loot with "The flea".

Source: FIFA.