Lionel Messi was rated player of the match by BBC Sport users as he inspired his Argentina side to the World Cup final with victory over Croatia.
Messi, who earned a rating of 8.46, scored the opener from the spot before setting up Julian Alvarez for his second of his two goals.
Alvarez closely followed his Argentina counterpart with 8.41 while another great of the game, Luka Modric, was voted Croatia’s best player with 7.21.

Player of the match
MessiLionel Messi
with an average of 8.46
Argentina
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Squad number10Player nameMessi -
Squad number9Player nameÁlvarez -
Squad number20Player nameMac Allister -
Squad number23Player nameE Martínez -
Squad number24Player nameFernández -
Squad number7Player nameDe Paul -
Squad number19Player nameOtamendi -
Squad number26Player nameMolina -
Squad number13Player nameRomero -
Squad number3Player nameTagliafico -
Squad number5Player nameParedes -
Squad number25Player nameLi Martínez -
Squad number21Player nameDybala -
Squad number14Player namePalacios -
Squad number2Player nameFoyth -
Squad number15Player nameCorrea
Croatia
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Squad number10Player nameModric -
Squad number8Player nameKovacic -
Squad number4Player namePerisic -
Squad number11Player nameBrozovic -
Squad number1Player nameLivakovic -
Squad number22Player nameJuranovic -
Squad number15Player namePasalic -
Squad number20Player nameGvardiol -
Squad number9Player nameKramaric -
Squad number13Player nameVlasic -
Squad number6Player nameLovren -
Squad number18Player nameOrsic -
Squad number7Player nameMajer -
Squad number16Player namePetkovic -
Squad number19Player nameSosa -
Squad number14Player nameLivaja

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