Croatia face Argentina on Tuesday in the first of the World Cup 2022 semi-finals and a place in the final of the planet's most prestigious football tournament.
Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic has insisted that Argentina are under greater pressure than his team heading into their World Cup semifinal clash in Qatar and spoke of his team’s “strength of character” as key to their advance through the tournament.
“We have analysed our opponent. We know how they play. We know where they want to take the game, and we’re preparing for them,” he added.
Croatia and Argentina went through extra time and penalties in their quarterfinal victories over Brazil and Netherlands, while seven of the eighth knockout games Croatia played over the last four major international tournaments have gone to extra time, with the 4-2 defeat to France in the final of the 2018 World Cup the only exception as it concluded in 90 minutes.
