Argentina v Croatia

I am betting Argentina here in the first world cup semi final tonight, I just don’t believe Croatia are a team with any real fire power, they played well v Brazil but even then they were fortunate to score with a deflected goal, they easily could have been beaten by Japan and should have lost to Belgium which would have meant they would not have got out of the group stage of the tournament and they have failed to score in 2 of their 5 games. Argentina should have Angel Di Maria available from the start for this match, he was such a positive when he came on v the Nederlands in the Quarter final and should be a major positive for the South Americans. For me the Croatian midfield of Modric, Brozovic and winger Perisic are all the wrong side of 30 with Modric being 37, it is a big ask for these players to perform to the levels they performed to on Friday night again only a few days later it could be expected their is an energy drop off and this will favour Argentina even though they themselves played 120 minutes on Friday night, they have the younger legs and I believe they are a value bet.

Argentina -0.5 min odds 1.83