Argentina Vs Croatia History: FIFA World Cup 2022 Semifinal

Argentina and Croatia are facing off on December 14 for a place in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final

Argentina sealed their place in semifinals with a penalty shootout victory against the Netherlands

Croatia beat Brazil, on penalties, to reach the semifinals

Previously, Argentina and Croatia played each other in the 1998 and 2018 World Cups

Croatia beat Argentina 1-0 in 1998 World Cup and 3-0 in 2018. Both were group stage matches

Argentina Captain Lionel Messi has scored twice across his three matches against Croatia

Luka Modric has won a record 160 caps and scored 23 international goals for Croatia

Argentina was in the final in 2014 when it lost to Germany 0-1

Croatia was a finalist in World Cup 2018. They lost to France 2-4

For both Messi & Modric, this is one last chance to finally lift the coveted World Cup trophy before they retire from int'l football