The first semi-final of the Qatar World Cup will be held at the Lusail Stadium. Messi and Modric, the two great “LM10” will usher in perhaps the most important head-to-head match of their careers.
There is no doubt that the duel between these two veterans will be the biggest highlight of this game.
Since the initials of the two names are both LM (Luka Modric and Lionel Messi), at the same time, they both wear the No. 10 jersey in the national team. So this is also seen as a battle between the two great “LM10“.
In the World Cup in Russia four years ago, the two teams played against each other on the group stage. At that time, the Argentine team’s main goalkeeper made a low-level mistake and the Croatian team opened the scoring first, and then Croatia won 3:0. In the past four years, the main lineups of the two teams have changed a lot, but the only thing that remains the same is that the core of the two teams is still Modric and Lionel Messi.
It is worth mentioning that many goalkeepers shine in this World Cup, Croatia goalkeeper Livakovic and Argentina goalkeeper Martinez are among the best. Whether the two “goal gods” can continue their previous high-profile performance in the semi-finals may also determine the final direction of the game.
