Teams of Croatia and Argentina on April 21 will play each other at the World Championships.

One of the central matches of the entire group stage is the confrontation between the teams of Argentina and Croatia, who at this World Cup managed to get into one group.

Argentines failed the first match in the tournament, playing a 1: 1 draw with the Icelanders, while the Croats on the class defeated the Nigerians. It turns out that in today's match it is necessary to win the team of Messi, but the team of Modric and Rakitic will be quite a draw.

Earlier Football. ua presented a preview of this intriguing meeting, and now let's get acquainted with the history of oppositions of collectives.

For the whole history of the way the national teams of Croatia and the Argentines crossed four times. For the first time today's rivals met in the distant 1994 year in a friendly match. Then the teams played in Zagreb Maximir, but the spectators did not see the goals - the game ended in a draw 0: 0.

June 4, 1994, Maksimir, Croatia, Zagreb.

Croatia - Argentina 0: 0 Four years later at the final of the World Cup in France, the tie determined the teams of Argentina and Croatia in the same group. Then the teams met in the last round, when they had 6 points and played first place. The match ended with a minimal victory for the team from South America.

June 26, 1998, Lescure Park, France, Bordeaux.

Argentina - Croatia 1: 0 Goal: Pineda, 36 The next meeting of the national teams of Argentina and Croatia is dated 2006 year. Then the teams were preparing for the World Cup and agreed to hold a friendly match in neutral territory. The game was held in Switzerland and it was very exciting.

March 1, 2006, St. Jacob Park, Switzerland, Basel.

Croatia - Argentina 3-2 The last time today's opponents also played in a friendly match in 2014 in England. Then the victory was celebrated by "albiseleste".

November 12, 2014, Epton Park, England.

Argentina - Croatia 2: 1 Goals: Ansaldi, 49, Messi, 57 - Charbini, 11 On Football. ua will be available text-based online broadcast of the match Argentina - Croatia, which will start at 20:50. Also for the events of the match you can follow on ISPORT. Do you want to learn the main football news first? Subscribe to our channel in Telegram! You can also follow our website in Viber and Twitter.