Well, as expected this has been all Lionel Messi and Argentina today (Argentina won 3-0). Messi had a goal (from a penalty kick) along with an assist. The difference between Messi and Ronaldo is that Messi makes the others around him so much better and serves up assists on a plate.
It looks like the final will be either a David and Goliath story (if Morocco makes it through tomorrow) or will be two heavyweights (if France wins as expected tomorrow). Either way it should be entertaining. I am not the biggest Argentina fan but they play very entertaining matches with lots of goals scored. I thought that Croatia might slow them down today but Argentina got the early penalty kick and then scored again quickly after that on a counter following a Croatia corner. The last goal was Messi magic after the Croatia defense had loosened up as they were playing from behind and needing to have more players forward.
Croatia will play again in the 3rd Place game and it will likely be Luka Modric's final World Cup match as he will be 41 in 4 years when the World Cup comes to North America. He has been fun to watch for a number of years but Argentina played their best soccer in this tournament today and Croatia had no answers.
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