Croatia national soccer team midfielder Luka Modric criticized Daniele Orsato’s refereeing performance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup semi-final match between Croatia and Argentina, calling it “one of the worst”.
Croatia’s hopes of securing a spot in the FIFA World Cup final for the second time in a row ended when the Argentina national team beat them in the semi-final. Argentina inflicted a 3-0 defeat on Croatia to put the European nation out of contention.
The South American heavyweights took the lead through Lionel Messi in the 34th minute, with the Argentina captain converting a penalty. It was a controversial decision to award Argentina a penalty after Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was ruled to have fouled Julián Álvarez inside the box.
Argentina then doubled their lead in the 39th minute through Julián Álvarez before the Manchester City attacker netted a brace and netted his team’s third of the game in the 69th minute. Lionel Scaloni’s men then handily won this match between Croatia and Argentina to bring them just one win away from lifting the coveted 2022 FIFA World Cup title.
Croatia vs Argentina: Luka Modric reacts to the referee’s performance in the semi-final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Speaking after the match, Luka Modric criticized Daniele Orsato’s performance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup clash between Croatia and Argentina. Luka Modric stated that the penalty Orsato gave Argentina should not have been a penalty. The Real Madrid midfielder said the penalty killed Croatia.
Luka Modric described the referee’s performance in the match between Croatia and Argentina as one of the worst. However, he also admitted that Argentina was a fair winner in the game.
“Argentina was a fair winner of the match, it was better, it deserved to win, but these things have to be said, I generally don’t do them, but today they have to be done,” said Luka Modric after Croatia vs. Argentine accessory.
“I don’t like to talk about referees but this is one of the worst. I don’t have a good memory of him, he’s a disaster. For me it was not a penalty.
“Despite this, I don’t want to detract from Argentina. The grief killed us. We have to bounce back for the third-place playoff and win that game.”
Meanwhile, Argentina will face the semi-final winners of France vs Morocco in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.
