Argentina will face Croatia in the semi-final of the World Cup at Bangladesh time 1 AM on Wednesday at Lusail Stadium in Qatar.
Before the World Cup in Qatar (1930, 1986, 1990 and 2014), Argentina had never lost in the semi-finals four times. Argentina reached the semi-finals of the World Cup and got the ticket to the final every time. This time, Messi wants to beat Croatia and go to the final.
But Argentina’s main footballer, Lionel Messi, was surprised by Croatia.
Croatia said they will not try to stop Messi in the game.
Messi is in a dream rhythm in the World Cup. But Croatia is not making any separate plans for him.
Croatian football player Bruno Petkovic said, they think Messi should not be stopped alone. The entire team must be stopped.
“We haven’t made any plans to stop Messi yet,” Petkovic said. Usually we don’t try to block anyone. Nami plans to stop the entire team.
Petkovic said, will not keep anyone separately for Messi. Because, apart from Messi, there are some other good footballers in the Argentina team. So the whole party has to be stopped. Messi alone can’t do anything if the whole team is stuck. But just stopping Messi can backfire.
Earlier against Brazil, Petkovic’s goal equalized for Croatia in the 117th minute of extra time. Then they lost to Brazil on penalties.
