Argentina vs Croatia: Live updates and player ratings from World Cup semi-final

Published 13:38 13 Dec 2022 GMT

Updated 13:53 13 Dec 2022 GMT

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Argentina vs Croatia: Live updates and player ratings from World Cup semi-final

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The match takes place on Tuesday evening.

Argentina take on Croatia in the World Cup semi-final on Tuesday night at the Lusail Iconic Stadium. Here is what you need to know about the game, including kick-off time, TV details and team news. You can also follow the match live in our hub below:

Argentina vs Croatia: How can I watch the World Cup semi-final?

Argentina versus Croatia kicks off at 7 pm on Tuesday evening. In the UK, ITV will have live and exclusive coverage of the quarter-final tie. Mark Pougatch will present coverage of the game, with the broadcast beginning at 6:15 pm on ITV1. Ian Wright, Gary Neville and Roy Keane could be on punditry duty, with the panel line-up yet to be confirmed. In Ireland, you can watch the match on RTÉ 2, coverage begins at 6 pm. You can also stream the match live on the RTÉ Player.

Argentina vs Croatia: Preview.

Argentina came into the tournament as one of the favourites to win the World Cup. Yet, they have had a difficult route to the semi-finals. Lionel Messi's side started their campaign with a shock 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia. They advanced to the knockout stages thanks to wins over Mexico and Poland, before squeezing past Australia in the last 16. In the quarter-finals, Argentina faced The Netherlands in what became one of the most dramatic World Cup knockout ties in recent memory. The South Americans raced into a 2-0 lead and looked to be cruising into the semi-finals until The Netherlands mounted an incredible late comeback to bring the match to extra time and then penalties. Argentina eventually won the shootout to set up a semi-final against Croatia.

The European side are in their second consecutive semi-final and third semi-final in the last 24 years. Croatia finished second in the group containing Belgium, Canada and Morocco, and advanced past Japan via a penalty shootout in the last 16. In the quarter-finals, Croatia came up against Brazil, who were the favourites to win the tournament. Yet, the nation of four million people prevailed and won a dramatic penalty shootout. The beaten 2018 finalists will be hoping to dispatch Argentina and go one step further in Sunday's final.