Croatia, Argentina, Morocco and France They are in the semifinals of the World Cup. Qatar 2022 after eliminating Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal and England, respectively in the direct elimination duels.
The Balkan team will play on Tuesday, December 13 in Lusail against Lionel Scaloni’s team, while on Wednesday the 14th it will be the turn of the other key between the African team and the French team at the Al-Bayt stadium.
The first meeting of the quarterfinals left one of the great impacts of the World Cup, since Croatia prevented Brazil from being crowned for the sixth time in its history. The last runner-up in Russia 2018 won 4-2 on penalties after equalizing 1-1 in 120 minutes.
The great figure of the series was goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, who deflected Rodrygo’s shot at the start of the shootout. The goalkeeper had just had a stellar performance in the match against Japan for the round of 16, which was also defined from twelve steps and where he contained three Asian executions.
In turn, Argentina beat the Netherlands in another extremely exciting duel. Despite being two goals up on the scoreboard a few minutes before the end of the game, the Albiceleste they could not maintain the advantage and had to suffer more than necessary to achieve the victory, which was also consummated in the penalty shootout.
emiliano I drew Martínez shone and blocked the shots from Virgil van Dijk and Steven Berghuis. The game was very hot: there were several clashes between the players
. In addition, the Argentines showed their anger with the Dutch coach, Louis van Gaal, for statements that he had made in the previous one.
This Friday, Morocco hit again and beat Portugal 1-0, which again began the match with Cristiano Ronaldo on the substitute bench.
The African team, which had just eliminated Spain in the round of 16, is the first from that continent to reach the top four in a World Cup.
Finally, in a clash of candidates, France defeated England 2-1 and keeps alive the hope of retaining the title. In a dramatic encounter, Harry Kane had the chance to tie at the end, but he deflected a penalty: his shot from twelve steps went over the crossbar of Hugo Lloris’ goal.
SOURCE: INFOBAE
