Argentina vs Croatia!

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Follow all the action, as it happens, in the World Cup semi-final between two-time winners Argentina and 2018 runners-up Croatia at Lusail Stadium.

- 20:55 Argentina advance to their sixth World Cup final, of which they've won two. - 21:10

Argentina face Croatia, as Lionel Messi and Luka Modric are among those vying for a spot in the final.

It’s Majer who has the honour of replacing this legendary footballer on such a momentous occasion. The latter’s low shot from a tight angle is saved by Livakovic. Guide.— OptaJean (@OptaJean) The linesman had his flag up anyway so it presumably wouldn’t have counted. Fresh in many players’ minds will be the 2018 World Cup meeting between these two teams, which Croatia won comprehensively 3-0. On the balance of play, Croatia can have few complaints as they were well beaten on the nights and not good enough at both ends of the pitch. Messi hasn’t dominated but has had a couple of brilliant moments and had a hand in the second goal. Fernández plays a clever one-two with Messi on the edge of the area. You get the sense it’s likely to be a challenging night for the officials, as has been the case for a couple of games at this tournament during the knockout stages in particular. This has the feel of a really big game, as both sides have begun in a decidedly cautious fashion. Three Croatia players surrounded Messi as soon as he received the ball, which is surely a sign of things to come. [#ARG]and [#HRV]also started in their meeting in the group stage at World Cup 2018: three for Argentina (Messi, Tagliafico and Otamendi) and four for Croatia (Modric, Perisic, Brozovic and Lovren).