Lionel Messi scored a penalty to help Argentina take a 2-0 lead over Croatia at halftime in the World Cup semifinals. Julián Álvarez also scored for the two-time champions.

The most recent World Cup match was in 2018 when Croatia earned a 3-0 win over Argentina in the Group Stage. Overall the series between the two countries is tied at 2-1-2 entering today's match.

Until Argentina did. After probing first the left and then the right side of Croatia’s defense with no results, Argentina tried going right up the gut, and was rewarded twice for its efforts.

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Argentina will play either France or Morocco in the World Cup final after they beat Croatia 3-0 on Tuesday. Lionel Messi opened the scoring from the spot before Julian Alvarez grabbed another ...

Argentina and Croatia will meet Tuesday with the winner moving on to the World Cup final and the loser going to the third-place game. Coverage of the match begins on FOX at 1 p.m. ET.

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The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has reached the semifinals, and Argentina faces Croatia for a shot at making it to the Final on Tuesday, December 13 (12/13/2022) at 2 p.m. ET.

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — The Latest from the World Cup semifinal match between Argentina and Croatia: ___ Argentina has beaten Croatia 3-0 to reach the World Cup final. Julián Álvarez scored twice ...

But Croatia is extremely dangerous here, and they did top Argentina in the group stage in 2018, a game in which tempers flared (seven yellow cards) and Croatia got three second-half goals to win 3-0.