Foremost Croatia football administrator, Kat Stolica has given reason why his country lost to Argentina in the first semi-final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
TNG reports that Argentina defeated Croatia 3-0 with goals from Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez.
However, Stolica said he prefers that Argentina eventually wins the trophy so it will turn out that his team lost to the eventual winner.
Stolica added that Morocco also has what it takes to win the trophy.
“This is hard to watch. We went in already defeated. It feels like we played our final against Brazil. Argentina are not the better team in general but they are the better team on the day. We gave Messi too much respect and didn’t play our own game. Argentina capitalised on our weakness and put us to shame. It’s disappointing that we let the hype beat us before we started. My heart breaks for players like Modric that go out like this.
“I hope Argentina win the finals so we lost to the winner, but my feelings are that Morocco will take out the trophy. Finally, watching my Hrvatska always causes palpitations and today was no different. Bad luck to our boys, I wish it were a different outcome. My heart is always with you Croatia. We are on the map. Now we are left to go about our day with a heavy heart. Long live Croatia!”