World Cup 2022: Have Argentina and Croatia played each other before?

World Cup 2018 Argentina Croatia Messi Modric
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Croatia are a young nation, formed just over 30 years ago in 1991. In that time, though, they have reached the semi-finals of the World Cup on three occasions, at the 1998, 2018 and current tournament.

Argentina, meanwhile, are two-time World Cup winners gunning for their third trophy in Qatar. They'll need to overcome the Balkan country to do so, though, with Argentina and Croatia playing each other in the first semi-final of World Cup 2022 on Tuesday 13 December. 

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Ryan Dabbs
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Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.