A great match we have here.

Argentina has always been for me one of the main title contenders, but I still have not seen a full good performance by them. Struggled to beat Australia, Netherlands and Mexico. All very poor teams.

The team is under huge pressure. They gained a lot of confidence in the penalties against Netherlands, but that game was a clear example of how they are: were dominating and controlling the game, leading 2:0, and weren’t able to control the game in the last minutes, conceding two goals from anywhere. Of course they deserved the victory in the 90 minutes and also the 30 minutes of extra time, but the fact is that they weren’t able to do it due to their nervousness and the inability to control the games.

Australia were close to achieve the draw, and Netherlands did it. This team simply doesn't know how to control the game for the 90 minutes, especially when they are leading and in the last minutes.

Of course Leo Messi is at an amazing level, I believe that Croatia is this kind of team who can compete and stop him. Argentina is playing with intensity, making fouls, and surely will struggle against a team like Croatia who has the same style.

Key players Montiel (RB) and Acuña (LB) are out. Molina is a good replacement but Tagliafico not, so Argentina will lose depth on the wings. So all football will go in the middle, where Croatia is very strong.

Croatia is the surprise of the tournament. It’s amazing what they did so far, and the ability to support all kinds of scenarios. Although they were outplayed, managed to survive against Brazil (a team who I see above Argentina), and are full of confidence.

I see a crazy disrespect towards the Croats by the bookies. Two times in a row among the top 4 in the world. A midfield of Modric, Kovacic and Brozovic can totally dominate their Argentine counterparts like Paredes, Alexis Macalister and poor Rodrigo de Paul.

Are lacking goals because they dont have a reliable goal scorer, but who needs that with a strong midfield and team as Croatia has.

Argentina has quality upfront but I see them with mistakes in defense, and struggling against well organised teams in defense, where only Leo Messi can make the difference. Croatia showed their ability to know how to suffer, being outplayed, and wait patiently for their chance. They are also specialists exploiting the small mistakes made by rivals. Brazil did it just for a few minutes and lost the match, and Argentina did it so far in all games.

We must remember the previous World Cup where Croatia won 0:3. Argentina was a shame in that period and improved a lot in the recent year, but Croatia (who will clearly be the strongest team that Argentina will face in the tournament) has shown how difficult they are to beat and honestly, dont see Argentina doing it in 90 minutes.

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这是一场精彩的比赛。

对我来说，阿根廷一直是冠军的主要争夺者之一，但我仍然没有看到他们有一个完整的好表现。努力击败澳大利亚、荷兰和墨西哥。都是很差的球队。

球队承受着巨大的压力。他们在对阵荷兰队的点球大战中获得了很大的信心，但那场比赛是他们如何控制比赛的一个明显的例子:他们统治和控制了比赛，2:0领先，但在最后几分钟无法控制比赛，在任何地方都丢了两个球。当然，他们应该在90分钟和30分钟的加时赛中取得胜利，但事实是，由于他们的紧张和无法控制比赛，他们无法做到这一点。

澳大利亚队差一点就打成平局，荷兰队做到了。这支球队根本不知道如何在90分钟内控制比赛，尤其是在他们领先的时候和最后几分钟。

当然，梅西的水平令人惊叹，我相信克罗地亚队就是这样一支可以与他竞争并阻止他的球队。阿根廷队踢得很激烈，经常犯规，肯定会在与克罗地亚这样风格相同的球队的比赛中遇到困难。

主要球员蒙蒂尔(RB)和Acuña (LB)缺阵。莫利纳是一个很好的替代者，但塔利亚菲科不是，所以阿根廷将失去边路的深度。所以所有的足球比赛都将在中间进行，克罗地亚非常强大。

克罗地亚队是本届杯赛的惊喜。到目前为止，他们所做的一切，以及支持各种场景的能力，都令人惊叹。虽然他们被击败了，但他们在对阵巴西(我认为这支球队比阿根廷强)的比赛中幸存了下来，并且充满信心。

我看到博彩公司对克罗地亚人的不尊重。连续两次进入世界前四名。一个由莫德里奇、科瓦契奇和布罗佐维奇组成的中场完全可以统治他们的阿根廷对手，比如帕雷德斯、亚历克西斯·马卡利斯特和可怜的罗德里戈·德·保罗。

缺少进球是因为他们没有一个可靠的射手，但是谁需要像克罗地亚这样强大的中场和球队呢?

阿根廷的前场实力很强，但我看到他们在防守上有失误，在防守上挣扎于组织良好的球队，只有里奥·梅西能做出改变。克罗地亚展示了他们的能力，他们知道如何忍受，如何被击败，如何耐心地等待机会。他们也是利用竞争对手的小错误的专家。巴西只在几分钟内做到了，然后输掉了比赛，而阿根廷迄今为止在所有比赛中都做到了。

我们必须记住上届世界杯克罗地亚以0:3获胜。阿根廷在那段时间是一个耻辱，最近几年进步了很多，但克罗地亚(显然是阿根廷在比赛中遇到的最强球队)已经证明了他们是多么难以击败，老实说，阿根廷在90分钟内无法做到。