A few hours before playing the semifinal vs Croatia, the news that surprised Messi

The Qatar 2022 World Cup was highly anticipated and this time more than necessary, since for the first time in history, it was held between November and December, previously taking place during the months of June and July. However, it is about to end and there are only four games left to complete the schedule of 64 games in total, where the albiceleste will manage to be present in seven of them.

Facing the semifinal duel between Argentina and Croatia, there will be a great novelty for lovers of cabals or rites before sporting events. It is worth mentioning first that in the last match against the Netherlands, the National Team dressed in light colors.

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This is since the controversial Spanish referee, Antonio Mateu Lahoz, used dark clothing, and since the South Americans had been wearing that range in pants and socks, they had to change so as not to confuse anyone. Within the framework of what will be the confrontation against the Croats, the team led tactically by Lionel Scaloni will once again wear the light blue and white shirt, but he will not use shorts or black socks.

For this match, the National team of Argentina will then have use the same clothes with which they beat the Dutch, that is, with the rest of the white outfit. For their part, those directed by Zlatko Dalić will use their alternative clothing. Will it be by cabal? or just pure coincidence.

The history between Argentina and Croatia in world cups

Being a relatively new nation, Croatia does not have a great history of playing Argentina in World Cups. This only happened on two occasions and both within the framework of the group stage. The first time was in France 1998, where the Albicelestes won 1-0 with a goal from Gabriel Batistuta. The other is very recent and happened in Russia 2018. There the Europeans beat Argentina 3-0 with goals from Ivan Perisic, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic.