Croatia, runners-up in 2018, have gotten their own taste of Argentine temper at the previous World Cup when then-Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli refused to shake coach Zlatko Dalic's hand.
When asked about Croatia's veteran midfielder Luka Modric, Scaloni said he was a pleasure to watch. Argentina will trust their system when they face Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals.
Argentina's shock defeat to Saudi Arabia early on had put them on the back foot but they steadily got better and saved their best performance for arguably their toughest pool opponent.
Although Saudi Arabia couldn't cement a place in the top 16 after their loss to Mexico in the final group stage match, fans showed their appreciation for the team.
The country which idolizes Maradona almost as a demigod, plays Mexico on Saturday in a make-or-break match after the team fell to a defeat against Saudi Arabia earlier this week.
Saudi Arabia, 2nd-lowest ranked team in tournament after Ghana, threw caution to the wind at the start of second half, charging at Argentina's defence in front of a frenzied crowd.
Argentina won the 2021 Copa America but despite always being one of the World Cup favourites they have not lifted football's most precious trophy in the last 36 years.
Buenos Aires security minister stated the fan died of a heart problem. Authorities say fans were trying to forcefully enter the full stadium & police used rubber bullets & tear gas to stop them.
While documentation about barter treaty is sparse, it was inked in 1949 when India, a leading commercial producer of jute, was experiencing a food crisis.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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