The Albiceleste advanced to the semifinals of the World Cup in Qatar 2022, an instance in which they will meet the runners-up in the world in 2018. Review who leads.
The Argentina team beat the Netherlands and qualified for the semifinals of the Qatar World Cup 2022. La Albiceleste will try to ensure its presence in the definition on December 18 against Croatiawhich he left on the way to Brazil in the ponelas. Find out how the history of confrontations against both is and who leads.
The record is very even between the two. They met only twice for a World Cup. Total, they played five games that are divided into two victories for the Albiceleste, two for the runners-up in the world in Russia 2018 and the remainder was a draw.
The most remembered duel is the last corresponding to the second date of Group D of the last World Cup in which Croatia thrashed Jorge Sampaoli’s team 3-0 and left him on the verge of elimination. Meanwhile, there is also a very encouraging precedent for the national team.
It was just Against the Balkans Lionel Messi scored his first goal wearing the Albiceleste jersey. It was in a friendly disputed on March 2, 2006 played in Switzerland in which the Europeans prevailed 3-2. Even that day La Pulga assisted Carlos Tevez and began to give indications of what would come next.
Messi scored his first goal in the national team against Croatia
Another of the important crosses between these teams was in the 1998 World Cup in France. Argentina took the 1-0 victory on the last date of the group stage and took first place in Group H with a perfect scoreseconded by the Europeans who harvested six units.
The remaining commitments were international friendlies. The oldest occurred on June 4, 1994 and ended in a goalless draw, in the framework of the preparation for the World Cup in the United States. The appointment was repeated after Brazil 2014. On that occasion, the team already led by Gerardo Martino won 2-1 in a match played on November 12 of that year in London.
The history of the Argentine National Team vs. Croatia
- 06/04/1994 | Argentina 0-0 Croatia | Friendly
- 26/06/1998 | Argentina 1-0 Croatia | Group stage of the World Cup in France 1998
- 02/03/2006 | Argentina 2-3 Croatia | Friendly
- 12/11/2014 | Argentina 2-1 Croatia | Friendly
- 21/06/2018 | Argentina 0-3 cross | Group stage of the World Cup Russia 2018
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