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Argentina vs Croatia, FIFA World Cup 2022, Semi-Final Live Score: FIFA WC Live: Croatia Star Lovren’s Header Blocked, Argentina Lead 2-0

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FIFA World Cup 2022, Argentina vs Croatia Live Score: Argentina have taken 2-0 lead over Croatia in the first-half of the first semi-final match of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez scored for Argentina. Lionel Messi equalled Lothar Matthaus’ record for the most World Cup appearances with his 25th start in Tuesday’s semi-final against Croatia. Midfielder Leandro Paredes and defender Nicolas Tagliafico were brought into Argentina’s starting line-up. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni drafted in Tagliafico in place of the suspended left-back Marcos Acuna and Paredes took the spot of centre-half Lisandro Martinez. The switch means Argentina are likely to revert to four at the back rather than the five-man defence with advanced wing-backs that they used in the penalty shoot-out win over the Netherlands. (LIVE Matchcentre)

Here are the Live Updates of the FIFA World Cup 2022 Football Match between Argentina and Croatia straight from the Lusail Stadium:







  • 01:57 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Messi hold the opponent

    Argentina star Lionel Messi tries to hold one of his opponents and referee Daniele Orsato has clear sight of the incident and immediately stops the play. 

  • 01:49 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Foul from Julian Alvarez

    Referee Daniele Orsato wastes no time and signals a foul after Argentina’s Julian Alvarez recklessly brings an opponent down while trying to snatch the ball. 

  • 01:48 (IST)

    FIFA WC: No goal for Argentina

    Argentina’s Lionel receives a good pass and fires a shot towards the target. However, goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic makes a brilliant effort and stops the goal from close range. Argentina in 2-0 lead. 

  • 01:41 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Luka Modric misses the target

    Croatia’s Luka Modric delivers the ball into the penalty area from a free-kick. However, Argentina goalkeeper makes a good effort and deny Croatia an easy goal. 

  • 01:38 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Foul from Nicolas Otamendi

    Referee Daniele Orsato wastes no time and signals a foul after Argentina’s Nicolas Otamendi slides between the feet of an opposition player and brings him down. 

  • 01:35 (IST)

    FIFA WC: We are back underway

    Hello and welcome back to the second-half of semi-final match between Argentina and Croatia. Argentina are in 2-0 lead and Croatia need to redeem themselves in order to win the game. 

  • 01:21 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Half-time

    This marks the end of the first-half of the semi-final match between Argentina and Croatia. The Lionel Messi-side have taken 2-0 lead over Croatia. Messi and Julian Alvarez provided Argentina with the breakthroughs. 

  • 01:17 (IST)

    FIFA WC: 4 mins of stoppage time

    The stoppage time for the first-half of the semi-final match between Argentina and Croatia in 4 minutes. Argentina clearly dominated the game so far as they have taken 2-0 lead over Croatia. 

  • 01:14 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Good save from Dominik Livakovic

    Argentina’s Alexis Mac Allister receives a good pass from the corner and produces a good header towards the target. However, goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic makes a comfortable save to deny Argentina their third goal. 

  • 01:11 (IST)

    FIFA WC: GOAL

    GOAL!!!! Few minutes after the first goal, Julian Alvarez provides Argentina with their second breakthrough of the night. After receiving a pass, Alvarez makes his way through the defenders and places the ball into the nets.

    Live Score: ARG 2: CRO 0 (39″)

  • 01:05 (IST)

    FIFA WC: GOAL

    GOAL!!! Lionel Messi perfectly capitalizes on the given opportunity and converts the penalty into a goal. He brilliantly places the ball towards the target and leaves Dominik Livakovic completely bamboozled. 

  • 01:03 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Yellow card to Dominik Livakovic

    Referee Daniele Orsato signals a yellow card to Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, after he commits a foul while defending a goal. Argentina get a penalty kick. 

  • 01:01 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Good defence from Croatia

    Argentina’s Rodrigo de Paul unleashes a shot inside the box but he fails to find any of his teammates. Croatia defenders get the ball and easily avert the coming threat. 

  • 00:58 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Enzo Fernandez misses the target

    Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez creates a good opportunity to score and fires a brilliant shot towards the right side of the goal. However, his effort goes in vain as goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic makes an easy save. 

  • 00:53 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Croatia enjoying possesion

    In the 22 minutes of the game so far, Croatia have been keeping the majority of possession on the field. Both the teams are trying hard but no goals have been scored yet. 

    Possession: ARG 36: CRO 65

  • 00:48 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Croatia miss the corner-kick

    Croatia’s Dejan Lovren gets a cross in the box and unleashes a shot towards the target. However, the ball goes off the pitch and Croatia miss out on a good chance to score. 

  • 00:38 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Foul from Mario Pasalic

    Referee Daniele Orsato wastes no time and signals a foul after Croatia’s Mario Pasalic commits a rough tackle and brings an opponent down. 

  • 00:36 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Good save from Dominik Livakovic

    Rodrigo de Paul delivers a good pass into the opposition’s box but goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic makes a comfortable save to deny Argentina a chance to goal. 

  • 00:31 (IST)

    FIFA WC: We are underway

    The semi-final match of the FIFA World Cup 2022 between Argentina and Croatia begins now, at the Lusail Stadium. Croatia will be taking the kick-off. 

  • 00:24 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Time for the national anthem

    Players of both the teams are out on the field for their respective national anthems. The semi-final match between Argentina and Croatia will begin soon at the Lusail Stadium. 

  • 00:02 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Daniele Orsato named as the referee

    The referee for the semi-final match between Argentina and Croatia is Daniele Orsato. The match will begin at 12:30 AM. Stay tuned for live updates. 

  • 23:49 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Bruno Petkovic starts on bench again

    Forward Bruno Petkovic, whose late goal in extra-time forced the game into a penalty shoot-out, starts on the bench again.

  • 23:42 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Croatia name unchanged team

    Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic named an unchanged team to the one which beat Brazil on penalties in the last eight with Andrej Kramaric starting as the central striker.

  • 23:36 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Messi equals world record

    Argentina star Lionel Messi was set to equal Lothar Matthaus’ record for the most World Cup appearances with his 25th start in Tuesday’s semi-final against Croatia. Midfielder Leandro Paredes and defender Nicolas Tagliafico were brought into Argentina’s starting line-up. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni drafted in Tagliafico in place of the suspended left-back Marcos Acuna and Paredes took the spot of centre-half Lisandro Martinez. The switch means Argentina are likely to revert to four at the back rather than the five-man defence with advanced wing-backs that they used in the penalty shoot-out win over the Netherlands.

  • 23:27 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Here are the lineups

    Argentina: Emiliano Martinez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister; Lionel Messi (capt), Julian Alvarez

    Croatia: Dominik Livakovic; Josip Juranovic, Dejan Lovren, Josko Gvardiol, Borna Sosa; Luka Modric (capt), Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic; Mario Pasalic, Andrej Kramaric, Ivan Perisic

  • 23:19 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Throwback video for Messi and Modric

  • 23:13 (IST)

  • 23:02 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Morocco’s fantastic run

    Morocco had a memorable run at the FIFA World Cup 2022 so far. After staying unbeatable in the group stages, Morocco continued the same momentum in the Round of 16 and quarterfinal matches. 

  • 22:49 (IST)

    FIFA WC: Messi eyes finale seat

    After defeating Netherlands in the quarterfinals, the Lionel Messi-led Argentina are all set to take on Croatia in the semi-final clash. 

  • 22:31 (IST)

    FIFA World Cup: Hello and welcome!

    The first semi-final of this World Cup will start in less than two hours! Follow all the live updates here

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Liverpool take title race to final day after Joël Matip header sees off Southampton | Premier League

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Liverpool are going the distance. And so is their pursuit of the Premier League title. It is a remarkable detail of their season that they will play in every game of the four main competitions, with the Champions League final against Real Madrid on Saturday week set to be the last one. Before that – and with the domestic cups already secure – they will attempt to complete the third leg of an unprecedented quadruple.

They will still need the league leaders, Manchester City, to slip up at home to Aston Villa on the final day and what a storyline that could be. City have injury problems in defence and one particular Liverpudlian will be keen to capitalise – the Villa manager, Steven Gerrard.

Liverpool will have to beat Wolves at home and hope that City draw or lose but it will go to the wire after Jürgen Klopp’s team proved too strong for Southampton. Klopp rotated heavily, retaining only Alisson and Ibrahima Konaté from the lineup that had started the FA Cup final defeat of Chelsea on Saturday and, for the opening 20 minutes, struggled for their bearings. Southampton were bright and they led through Nathan Redmond.

But thereafter, it was an exercise in Liverpool reeling them in. Takumi Minamino, who was on loan at Southampton last season, got the equaliser and, although Joël Matip’s winner was undercut by good fortune, it was merited on the balance of play.

Klopp had been expected to make changes but perhaps not to this extent. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Sadio Mané were given the night off; Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah missed out with knocks.

It was a balancing act for the manager, the calculation taking in the likelihood of City messing it up on the final day and the possibility of getting injuries ahead of the Champions League final. In the absence of a crystal ball, he backed the strength of his squad.

It was game No 61 of the season for Liverpool, their third since 7 May, when Southampton had last played. The physical strain has been immense. It was about digging deeper, keeping on. Nothing else.

What did Southampton have? It had not been a great deal since the beginning of March. They entered the game having taken just five points from an available 30. But they rocked Liverpool when they took an early lead.

Klopp fumed on the touchline because when Lyanco started the move in the Southampton defensive third, he appeared to go through Diogo Jota to get to the ball. No foul, said the referee, Martin Atkinson. The home team worked it up the left to Redmond via Nathan Tella and it was plain what the winger had in mind. Cut inside and try the curler for the far corner. The shot got there, with the aid of a slight deflection off James Milner.

Southampton’s start was impressive. They were 5-4-1 without the ball, Redmond dropping to left wing-back, Tella to left midfield, but both of them pushed up quickly when they countered. Armando Broja ran the channels.

Liverpool set about repairing the damage. Roberto Firmino thought he had equalised with a header into the far corner from a Kostas Tsimikas free-kick only for the offside flag to go up late against him. Then Minamino did score.

It was an explosive finish from the winger, lashed high into the near, top corner after a neat move that prised Southampton apart. Joe Gomez’s ball in from the right found Jota and his layoff ushered in Minamino. The angle was tight and Minamino’s first two touches took him a little wider. It was no problem. Alex McCarthy could only feel the heat from the finish.

Takumi Minamino equalises for Liverpool at Southampton. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

The remainder of the first half was all Liverpool. Milner radiated assurance from the base of the midfield while Firmino was sharp and elusive up front. Liverpool pushed higher, squeezing Southampton, dominating the ball. The home players could not find a way out, although they did largely keep their opponents at arm’s length until the interval.

Milner worked McCarthy from distance and Firmino lashed a rising drive high. In between times, Firmino got on to a deflected Harvey Elliott cross but his attempted cut-back was cleared by Lyanco.

Klopp lost Gomez to an injury at the end of the first half and he re-jigged for the second period; Jordan Henderson on in defensive midfield, Milner to right-back.

Jota wasted a decent chance when he took a cut-back from Tsimikas and dragged wide of the far post and, with Firmino continuing to probe, Liverpool hinted at the next goal. It almost came when Firmino released Elliott but the chipped finish hit the side-netting.

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Klopp made an attacking move when he introduced Divock Origi for Elliott and Southampton remained on the back foot. For them, the evening had become about resilience and, when they cracked, it was galling for Ralph Hasenhüttl because Matip did not seem to know an awful lot about his header.

Mohamed Elyounoussi had flicked on a Tsimikas corner and Kyle Walker-Peters seemed to head against Matip, who had his feet planted. The ball looped into the far, top corner and it is questionable whether Matip could have placed it any better.

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Tottenham vs Arsenal LIVE: Kane scores his second with header after Holding receives red card

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Hello and welcome to live coverage of the North London Derby clash between Tottenham and Arsenal.

It is a huge evening in N17 for both sides as they look to secure a place in next season’s Champions League.

Arsenal go into the final three games of the campaign with a four-point advantage over Antonio Conte’s men and can sew up a top-four finish with victory at the home of the greatest rivals.

A victory for Spurs, however, and it is very much game on going into the final two rounds of the Premier League campaign.

It promises to be an enthralling evening in the capital, with tonight’s North London Derby the first one to take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in front of a capacity crowd due to the coronavirus pandemic impacting attendance in the previous two games.

Tottenham correspondents Alasdair Gold and Rob Guest and Arsenal correspondents Chris Wheatley and Kaya Kaynak are covering the match with all the action from inside the stadium and reaction from the supporters and media.

Scroll down for all of our latest updates from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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