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The World Cup in Qatar is coming to an end, and starting today, two semi-finals will be held on the way to the finals.
Attention is focused on the match between the world’s best players, Lionel Messi and Luka Modric, who are playing the last World Cup in their lives.
Reporter Heo Jae-won reports.
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Argentina led by ‘God of Football’ Lionel Messi, and Croatia led by ‘World’s best midfielder’ Luka Modric.
On the way to the finals of the World Cup in Qatar, the best players who are playing the last World Cup in their lives will face off against each other.
Regarded as the greatest goal scorer in football history, Messi has appeared in five World Cups but has never lifted a trophy.
Modric, who is called the magician of ball distribution, is determined to solve the disappointment of finishing runner-up in the Russian World Cup four years ago.
Messi is 35 years old and Modric is 37 years old, so this Qatar World Cup is likely to be the last World Cup stage for both players.
Croatia’s stamina, which came up in a penalty shootout after 120 minutes of bloody fighting in both the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, is expected to act as a variable in the match between the two teams.
On the other side of the bracket, ‘No 0 favorites’ France and ‘Blast team’ Morocco face each other.
Morocco, which sank Spain in the round of 16 and Portugal in the quarterfinals, is interested in whether Morocco can overcome France, which has never won in an A match with 2 draws and 5 losses.
BBC commentator Chris Sutton, who drew attention for his accurate predictions in this World Cup, predicted that Argentina and France would win, saying that nothing will happen from the semifinals onwards.
Sutton earned a reputation as a ‘human octopus’ by predicting Korea’s victory over Portugal and Japan’s victory over Germany.
This is YTN Heo Jae-won.
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