Ibrahimovic’s prediction for Lionel Messi World Cup. La Albiceleste’s win in this year’s championship, according to the Swedish forward, has an “already written” plot. Argentina has made tremendous progress throughout this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar. It was disappointing for La Albiceleste to lose their opening encounter with Saudi Arabia 2-1. But they quickly recovered by winning their group matches against Mexico and Poland.
When they reached the round of 16, where Argentina overcame Australia 2-1, Lionel Messi and co. advanced. Their toughest test came in the quarterfinals against the Netherlands, which ended in a 90-minute stalemate with a penalty kick by Lionel Messi in the second half and a 2-2 score.
The game between both two teams was tied after 30 minutes of extra time; penalties were used to determine the winner. Argentina prevailed in a thrilling penalty shootout. Lionel Messi scored his team’s first penalty and set the tone for the rest of the shootout by converting it. The Netherlands lost 4-3 on penalties after misses from captain Virgil van Dijk and Steven Berghuis.
Argentina has had a good season thus far thanks to Lionel Messi, and according to Ibrahimovic, the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner could win his first World Cup trophy this year. He declared: “In my opinion, the winner has already been decided, and you know whom I’m talking about. It is already expected that Messi will raise the championship medal.” The FIFA World Cup semifinal between La Albiceleste and Croatia will take place on December 13.
Real Madrid player and Croatian captain Luka Modric believes that Los Blancos and his nation’s team are genetically similar. In anticipation of his team’s World Cup semifinal showdown against Messi’s Argentina, the 2018 Ballon d’Or winner exudes confidence.
He declared: “You might even claim that we share a genetic makeup with Real Madrid because we persistently persist and never give up. I want to compete in another semifinal, this time against a formidable team rather than simply a single opponent. It will be challenging for us to stop Leo because he is their greatest player and very big, but we are prepared for this and we’ll give it our all. I’m hopeful it’ll be sufficient to make the big show.”
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