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DOHA: Croatia and Argentina face each other today at Doha's Lusail Stadium with a place in the World Cup final at stake. AFP Sport looks at some of the keys to the game.

Dubai (AFP) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes the stars are aligned for Lionel Messi to finally capture that elusive World Cup trophy, the AC Milan forward told reporters in Dubai on Monday.

Only Messi and Argentina stand in the way of a small country defying the odds to reach a second World Cup final in a row

Zagreb (AFP) - Three Dinamo Zagreb players, including penalty shootout king Dominik Livakovic, have gone from playing in front of several thousand fans in a neglected stadium to the brink of the World Cup final.

Perhaps more than any recent World Cup, this year’s competition in Qatar has thrown up considerable surprises. Who indeed, of the analytics crowd, could have predicted Saudi Arabia would defeat Argentina the way it did, or competition-favourite Brazil would end up losing to Croatia? Meanwhile, Morocco has stunned commentators by…

With the January transfer window around the corner, these players have done well for themselves at the World Cup.

Argentina were involved in a bad-tempered World Cup 2022 quarter-final with the Netherlands which saw them set-up a semi-final with Croatia on Tuesday after a penalty shootout win

The late run. The timing. The delivery. Leo Perisic has certainly learned a thing or two from his father. While Ivan Perisic has been his usual consistent self at the World Cup to help Croatia reach the semifinals, the winger’s young son has provided one of the more touching moments…

Ahead of Tuesday’s match, Scaloni and his team reveal cautious optimism.