 Messi set new record to lead Argentina into World Cup final over Croatia  Argentina and Croatia no dey new to each oda for international football. Na di same way di captains of di two teams; Lionel Messi and Luka Modric take sabi dia sef both at national team and club level  take sabi dia sef. Both teams go meet for di first semi-final match of di Qatar 2022 Fifa World Cup match for di Lusail Iconic Stadium. Argentina 3-0 Croatia 906mins: FULL TIME. 904mins: Lovro Majer launche di ball from di resulting corner, but one of di defenders clear di threat. 903mins: Rough tackle by Exequiel Palacios. Di referee blow for a foul. 90mins: 5 minutes of added time. 89mins: Great touch by Lovro Majer as e receive a good pass deep inside di box Messi set new record as e Argentina into World Cup final 87mins: SUBSTITUTION. Angel Correa enta for Alexis Mac Allister. Juan Foyth for enta Nahuel Molina 86mins: Lovro Majer take di ball to di corner 85mins: Di attendance na 88966 84mins: Alexis Mac Allister receive brilliant pass and e waste good opportunity 83mins: Marko Livaja commit serious foul. Ref blow 81mins: SUBSTITUTION. Lovro Majer enta for Luka Modric 78mins: Mislav Orsic try im luck but di attempt go wide. 76mins: Ivan Perisic attempt to surprise di keeper wit shot from distance, but e lack accuracy. 74mins: SUBSTITUTION. Exequiel Palacios enta for Rodrigo de Paul. Paulo Dybala enta for Julian Alvarez 74mins: Dangerous play by Nicolas Tagliafico 73mins: Ivan Perisic slam di ball from mid-range free kick towards di net! 72mins: SUBSTITUTION. Marko Livaja enta for Andrej Kramaric the pitch and comes on. 71mins: YELLOW CARD. Nicolas Otamendi chop card for rough tackle Argentina 3-0 Croatia 69mins: GOAL. Julian Alvarez make am 3 for Argentina 68mins: YELLOW CARD. Cristian Gabriel Romero chop card 67mins: Julian Alvarez commit rough challenge and ref Daniele Orsato blow for foul. 66mins: Rodrigo de Paul swing a cross, but defender clear am comot 65mins: Lionel Messi clearly hold im opponent to stop am from getting di ball. 64mins: Josip Juranovic rob im opponent of di ball and explode in anger wen Daniele Orsato blow for a foul. 63mins: Dejan Lovren almost score wit a header afta a cros from a free kick but Emiliano Martinez save am 62mins: SUBSTITUTION. Lisandro Martinez enta for Leandro Paredes. 61mins: Short on Target  Argentina 6:0 Croatia 58mins: Julian Alvarez make reckless foul in order to win di ball from im opponent. Ref Daniele Orsato blow for foul. 58mins: MISSED CHANCE. Lionel Messi receive good pass plus opportunity to play short but Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic make fine save 57mins: Nahuel Molina waste a good opportunity 56mins: Julian Alvarez attempt to find im teammate wit a short pass into di box. Enzo Ferdez collect di ball, but di Croatina defence stop am. 55mins: Dejan Lovren fail to find im teammate across di pitch wit a long ball.. 54mins: Rodrigo de Paul intercept pass but e rough im opponent. 53mins: Nikola Vlasic attempt to find im teammate wit a pass from outside di box, but di opposition defence react well. 50mins: SUBSTITUTION. Bruno Petkovic enta for Marcelo Brozovic. 50mins: Nicolas Tagliafico dey was too rough for im attempt to get di ball from im opponent. 49mins: Dominik Livakovic block a long-range effort from Leandro Paredes towards di middle of di goal. 48mins: Luka Modric send ball into di penalty area from a free kick. 47mins: Nicolas Otamendi carelessly slide into di leg of im opponent and ref Daniele Orsato blow for foul 46mins: SUBSTITUTION. Mario Pasalic enta for Nikola Vlasic. Mislav Orsic enta for Borna Sosa Argentina 2-0 Croatia 45mins: Second Half don start Argentina 2-0 Croatia 455: First Half don end 455mins: Marcelo Brozovic commit rough foul. Daniele Orsato stop di game and call for foul. 453mins: Ivan Perisic attempt to create a dangerous situation in front of goal by sending a cross into di box, but the defence easily deal wit am. 452mins: 4 additional minutes 451mins: Luka Modric gets on di end of a good pass and from mid-range. E play shot but Argentina defender block am. 42mins: Lionel Messi take d corner kick. 41mins: Rodrigo de Paul collect pass on di edge of di box and play shot but e go over. Argentina 2-0 Croatia 39mins: GOAL! Julian Alvarez make am 2 for Argentina 38mins: Josip Juranovic send pass into di box, but di opposition defence dey alert Argentina 1-0 Croatia 36mins: Julian Alvarez too use orceful wit im tackle and Daniele Orsato interrupt di game to signal free kick. 34mins: GOAL! Lionel Messi. Argentina 0-0 Croatia 30mins: Rodrigo de Paul whip di ball in but e fails to reach any of im teammates. 29mins: Luka Modric put cross into di box from di free kick, but di defender reach dia first. 28mins: Croatia looking strong for back. 27mins: Nicolas Tagliafico give away foul for a fierce tackle on opponent. 26mins: Enzo Ferdez wey Liverpool wan sign just get good opportunity from long range. Dominik Livakovic save do shot. 25mins: Nicolas Tagliafico attempt to send over a cross in order to find one of im teammates, but opposition defender stop di danger. 22mins: POSSESSION Argentina 35:65 Croatia. 19mins: Ref stop di game for some minutes afta Cristian Gabriel cause foul. 17mins: Dejan Lovren Croatia receive cross in di box and attempt to shoot, but mishit di ball and miss goal. 16mins: Josip Juranovic try to send a pass but dem block am. 13mins: Luka Modric makes rough challenge and di referee blow for foul. 13mins: Borna Sosa fail to find any of im teammates inside di box 12mins: Borna Sosa slides a pass forward, but one of di defenders cut am out. 9mins: Croatia dey showed great team chemistry. 4mins: Rodrigo de Paul send beta cross into di area, but Dominik Livakovic intercept di ball. 3mins: A cross by Nahuel Molina from di side of di pitch flies into di box. Argentina 0-0 Croatia 1min: KICK OFF Argentina: E Martínez, Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico, De Paul, Fernández, Paredes, Mac Allister, Messi, Álvarez. Croatia: Livakovic, Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic Dis na di third World Cup meeting between Argentina and Croatia, and first for di knockout stages. Argentina win 1-0 for 1998, before Croatia 3-0 win in di 2018 tournament for Russia. Argentina dey look to reach di World Cup final for di sixth time, na only Germany don make am to di final, eight times. Argentina don win just one of dia past seven World Cup games against European sides. Croatia na World Cup finalists for 2018  dem lose to France. Dem fit become fourth European nation to reach consecutive World Cup finals afta Italy 1934, 1938, Netherlands 1974, 1978 and Germany 1982, 1986, 1990. Croatia don win all four of dia penalty shootouts for di World Cup, knocking out Japan and Brazil in di last 16 and quarter-finals for 2022 respectively. Di only nation to win more penalty shootouts for di World Cup na Argentina, wit five. Argentina go dey without di suspended Marcos Acuna and Gonzalo Montiel. Tagliafico go come in for left-back. However, both Angel di Maria and Rodrigo de Paul go dey fit to play for Scaloni side. Croatia boss Dalic no get injury or suspension concerns. Di coach go fit select from a fully fit squad afta Borna Sosa and Mislav Orsic recover from sickness. 