Full time: Argentina 3-0 Croatia
Scorers: Messi 34 pen, Alvarez 39, 69
Yellow cards: Romero 68, Otamendi 71 (Argentina)/ Livakovic 32, Kovacic 32 (Croatia)
Line-ups:
Argentina: Emiliano Martinez - Nicolas Tagliafico, Nicolas Otamendi, Cristian Romero, Nahuel Molina (Juan Foyth 86), Rodrigo De Paul (Exequiel Palacios 74), Leandro Paredes (Lisandro Martinez 62), Alexis MacAllister (Angel Correa 86), Enzo Jeremias Fernandez, Julian Alvarez (Paulo Dybala 74), Lionel Messi.
Croatia: Dominik Livakovic; Josip Juranovic, Dejan Lovren, Josko Gvardiol, Borna Sosa (Mislav Orsic 46), Luka Modric (Lovro Majer 81), Marcelo Brozovic (Bruno Petkovic 50), Mateo Kovacic, Mario Pasalic (Nikola Vlasic 46), Andrej Kramaric (Marko Livaja 72), Ivan Perisic
Venue: Lusail Stadium
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
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