I expected Croatia to play better in attack, but it was not their day. Messi still reaches the final, the expectations of many regarding Argentina come true. Today, France is likely to stop Morocco, the semi-finals and the match for third place with Croatia is already a great achievement for them, and France will be a worthy opponent for Argentina in the final.
I expected Crotia to do better in defence but they were too lose more than they have ever be during the World Cup. They fixed their mind in scoring goals instead of to defend which is where their strength is always seen. It is unfortunate for them that they didn't go to the finals twice which would have been a very big record for them.
Yes, Croatia played very strangely, very strangely. I would not say that they played attacking soccer, rather tried not to play total defense, knowing that anyway Argentina will score, which in general is what happened, but I expected that at least one goal Croatia will score, after all a team strong, experienced enough, but the result was 3-0 in favor of Argentina. I think that the second goal, which the Argentines scored somehow very easily, "undermined" Croats and after the second goal, they themselves did not believe that they could beat Argentina.
And when Argentinians scored the third goal, they had already relaxed and probably kept the upcoming final in their minds, played not roughly, did not foul, which is not very similar to them.