I think the Argentina - Croatia game is really likely to end up with penalties. Croatia seem to have the strength to have another similar game to the Brazil one. Brazil were also a very powerful attacking team but they had big problems on dealing with Croatia defense and their goalkeeper at the same time. Livakovic was even the man of the match.
Argentina will need to play a very effective game in attack. They need to be as precise as possible to break the lock of the game early. The more time they don't get ahead the better for Croatia to keep the game balanced.
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I agree with you on this. There is a clear tendency that Argentina will do everything possible to register an early goal, seeing that Brazil was out of the win because their best wasn't good enough to afford them an early goal. Their late-hour efforts were just a fight of hope against hope. An early goal will be beneficial and important in this fierce battle.
The Game is very much in Argentina's favour now, they have made their victory confirm by scoring 2 goals on 6 minutes . Now Croatia have to be fierce and active to score goals in second half.
Argentina have made their way to the finals .