Lionel Messi and Luka Modriu0107 have starred so far in what will likely be their final World Cup appearances, but only one will make it back to the World Cup final with Argentina facing Croatia in Tuesday’s semifinal.
Much like its 2018 run to the World Cup final, Croatia needed penalty-kick shootouts in the round of 16 and quarterfinals this year in Qatar. After defeating Japan in the last 16, Croatia stunned Brazil with a 117th-minute equalizer and before going on to send the World Cup favorite home in a shootout
Argentina also needed a dramatic penalty-kick shootout to advance to the semifinals.