The Netherlands equalized in the 11th minute of second-half stoppage time.Argentina will now play Croatia in the semifinals on Tuesday at the Lusail Stadium. Croatia, the 2018 World Cup runner-ups, also defeated the favorites Brazil in a surprising penalty shootout earlier this Friday. It is only the second time that Argentina has reached to the last four since 1990 World cup. In 2014, Messi was part of the team that lost to Germany in the grief-stricken final.Messi again is looking in an impeccable form and stealing all highlights from this world cup.When Lautaro Martinez’s final penalty hit the net, Messi didn’t head to the striker u2014 unlike the rest of the team u2014 he sprinted to the other Martinez-Emiliano, Argentina’s no.1, who was the hero of that penalty shootout for Argentina.
Source : Khel now Netherland’s equalizer was the latest second-half goal scored in a knockout-stage game at a World Cup and was cleverly worked, with Teun Koopmeiners feinting to curl a free kick into the area only to play it short and deceive the Argentine defense. Weghorst calmly took a touch, held off his marker and slotted home a finish perfectly.Both teams did everything they could. This game featured 17 yellow cards, including one for Messi, who had blood coming out from his upper lip at one instance of the game.Football can be brutal and that brutality contributed to the creation of this classic match. This match will be talked about as long as the sport is played , particularly for the two nations who previously had little reason for establishing any sort of on-pitch rivalry. This Argentinian effort emerged better of the two and helped to keep Messi’s dream very much aliveDo you guys think Messi and Co and win the World Cup? Comment.
