Croatia Argentina Semifinal LIVE: Major HEADACHE for Lionel MESSI, Argentina SET to MISS 2 players in Semifinals: Follow CRO vs ARG LIVE

Croatia Argentina Semifinal LIVE – Lionel Messi vs Croatia – Lionel Messi face a major crisis in their semifinal clash against Croatia. Marcos Acuna and Gonzalo Montiel have been ruled out of the fixture after accumulating 2 yellow cards. Adding to this, there also lies the result of Messi’s Ban verdict set to be announced by FIFA. Watch FIFA WC LIVE Streaming with Jio Cinemas & Follow FIFA World Cup 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN

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Croatia Argentina Semifinal LIVE: Major HEADACHE for Lionel MESSI, Argentina SET to MISS 2 important players in Semifinals Clash: Follow CRO vs ARG LIVE

Argentina will miss the services of Marcos Acuna and Gonzalo Montiel in their FIFA World Cup semifinal clash with Croatia. The two players are suspended on account of yellow card accumulation. This will prompt Lionel Scaloni to tweak his tactics and personnel for the Croatia match.

Adding to the above, there also looms a major doubt over the availability of Lionel Messi. FIFA is currently undergoing disciplinary action against the Argentine skipper and it remains to be seen as to what action the head body of football undertakes.

Messi and Argentina have been charged with breaching FIFA’s Article 12 which relates to the Misconduct of players and officials.

Croatia Argentina Semifinal LIVE: Major HEADACHE for Lionel MESSI, Argentina SET to MISS 2 important players in Semifinals Clash: Follow CRO vs ARG LIVE

Argentina Team News

The fullbacks for the Albiceleste, Gonzalo Montiel and Marcos Acuna, are suspended from this game due to an accumulation of yellow cards.
Molina will continue at RB, whereas Nicolas Tagliafico will slot in to replace Acuna at LB.
Alejandro Gomez, who had an ankle sprain and missed the action in the last game should be back to full fitness.
Angel di Maria and Rodrigo de Paul, who have been nursing niggles of their own are also expected to be back to full fitness.
Lionel Messi was in god mode against Netherlands. He created the first goal from nothing. Scored a penalty after that in normal time. Took the first penalty in the shootout and scored there too. His influence will be key against Croatia.
Scaloni opted for 5 at the back for the Netherlands game. He might go back to using 4 defenders and Lisandro Martinez could lose his place, which could mean di Maria is thrown back into the mix.

Croatia Argentina Semifinal LIVE: Major HEADACHE for Lionel MESSI, Argentina SET to MISS 2 important players in Semifinals Clash: Follow CRO vs ARG LIVE

On the flip side, Croatia has devised a master plan to stop Lionel Messi. Croatia will not attempt to stop Argentina superstar Lionel Messi by man-marking him but instead will focus on immobilizing the entire team in their World Cup semi-final on Tuesday, they said.

Croatia are bidding to make it to the final for the second World Cup in a row after losing in the 2018 showcase match to France.

“We don’t have a specific plan yet for stopping Messi and usually we don’t concentrate on stopping one player but the entire team. We will try to stop them as a team and not with man-marking. Argentina are not only Messi, they have a number of great players. We have to stop the entire Argentina team,” striker Bruno Petkovic told a news conference on Sunday.

Croatia Team News

Dalic will be happy as he got a fully fit squad for the game against Brazil and the same should be expected here as well.
Borna Sosa and Mislav Orsic recovered from their respective injuries and will be expected to start in this game.
Mario Pasalic started from the RW position against the Selecao and can be guaranteed to start in this game as well.
Andrej Kramaric’s inclusion in this game might be doubtful, as Dalic might look to include the scorer of the goal in their game against Brazil, Petkovic.