Made by Messi. Finished by Alvarez. Argentina were deadly against Croatia and made less fuss than many expected to advance to the World Cup final. twoht
Messi or Modric. Modric or Messi. Much of the talk prior to this match had concerned the near-last stands of these two fine players, but at the end of a surprisingly one-sided World Cup semi-final between Argentina and Croatia, the answer turned out to be Julian Alvarez.
Modric remains a joy to watch. He can turn up literally anywhere on the pitch. One minute he’ll be out on the left-wing, the next he’ll be doing the centre-backs’ jobs for them. Look again and he’ll be up front, supporting the strikers. Messi on the other hand, plays the first half an hour at walking pace and then scores the opening goal of the game.
Quite suddenly Croatia looked very leggy and six minutes later Alvarez scored one of the more extraordinary goals in the history of the World Cup when, having been released down the centre, he assumed the gait of a Krypton Factor contestant, charging forward as Croatian defenders fell around him, eventually toe-poking the ball past Livakovic for a magnificently bad brilliant goal. Diego Maradona’s second goal against England from 1986, as directed by Ed Wood.
The third goal killed the game stone dead as a contest, and Modric left the pitch with ten minutes to play. Argentina’s goal had seldom been threatened all evening, and all that experience that Croatia have accrued over the years must have led them to the conclusion that the jig was well and truly up. Argentina were home and dry, and with room to spare. A match that had been widely expected to be as tight as some of the games in the rounds which preceded it had ended up very one-sided indeed.
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