Lionel Messi (Leo) Blasts Argentina to the Finals: The Argentineans are through to the finals after they played an exceptional game against Croatia. Most experts of the game were of the fact that Croatia will be the ones who proceed to the finals, but Leo drastically destroyed those assumptions and lead his national team to the finals. In addition, he not only scored goals but also assisted a few that later on led to goals.
A day before the semi-final match was held between the two rivals, the Argentinan coach gave a press conference saying that they have analyzed how Croatia play and they certainly have a weakness. He further added that they will take full advantage of that weakness and hit them where they are hurt the most.
After the match was over, the head coach Scaloni was praised, and it seemed that his game plan has worked quite well.
However, it wasn’t just Leo who shined on the field. The 22-year-old striker Alvarez gave a dazzling performance on the field and shocked people on the field as well as off the field. A fun fact! Alvarez met Leo as a fan ten years ago, and ten years later he plays on his side to take his country toward glory.
Lionel Messi Blasts Argentina to the Finals – Argentina vs Croatia: FIFA World Cup 2022
During the game, it was evident that Leo struggled due to a hamstring problem that he faced in his last game. However, the magician of the game recovered after that hamstring pain and scored a goal in the 34th minute of the game to break the deadlock.
However, the goal was due to a free kick caused by a foul from the keeper on the Croatian side. However, that was not all for the fans as they thought that the team will shift towards defense mode and defend that one goal, but that was not the case.
Just five minutes after the goal was scored by Leo, he gave an extraordinary clean header to Alvarez and he landed it into the goal. After the 2 goal lead, the team management, the team as well as the fans were confident that they will move on to the world cup final after winning the semi-finals against morocco.
Moving on, let us now talk a little about their hamstring pull of Messi in the 19th minute of the game. In the 19th minute, the game was paused as the star player playing at number 10 had some issue with his hamstring. It scared the team members as well as the fans, and many thought that his world cup dream might be over and that there are now chances that Argentina will lose the World Cup.
However, that wasn’t the case, as he quickly recovered after medical assistance was provided to him.
Lionel Messi Blasts Argentina to the Finals – Argentina vs Croatia: FIFA World Cup 2022
Winning the semi-finals and going into the finals was the only way they can avenge that humiliating loss to Saudi Arabia in their first-ever match of the world cup held in Qatar. It sure was a shocking result as Saudi Arabia managed to score two goals against the strongest team in the tournament.
However, now that they have moved on to the finals, they have a chance of winning the world cup, and the world cup dream of the champion will be fulfilled.
However, the Croatian team was scattered and it was as if Lionel Scalloni’s plan was perfectly executed by the team players. Their defense was exposed, and they didn’t have the slightest idea about it. Just like Messi, Croatia also had their star player Luka Modric. He also received a round of applause from the fans that supported him as he was substituted in the remaining 9 minutes of the game.
