Pressure on Messi against Croatia after Ronaldo scores again

Lionel Messi is under increased pressure to redeem himself when Argentina face Croatia in Thursday's pivotal match after eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal of the World Cup to send Morocco packing.

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 19, 2018 shows Argentina's forward Lionel Messi in Moscow on June 16, 2018 (L) and Croatia's midfielder Luka Modric in Rijeka on October 6, 2017. Argentina will play Croatia in their Russia 2018 World Cup Group D football match at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod on June 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Mladen ANTONOV AND STR

2018-06-21 08:06:03

Lionel Messi is under increased pressure to redeem himself when Argentina face Croatia in Thursday's pivotal match after eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal of the World Cup to send Morocco packing.

France will be looking for a second World Cup Group C win against Peru Thursday while Australia need to bounce back from their heart-breaking defeat to Les Bleus against Denmark.

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