The seats were full even before the athletes entered the field for pre-game warm-up.
A fortunate 88,966 folks managed to secure the hottest ticket in town.
They came to the magnificent Lusail stadium on Tuesday night to watch Argentina play Croatia. They had came anticipating to watch Lionel Messi, the small player with the number 10 on his Argentina shirt, put on another legendary performance.
Fans attend Argentina's games in this tournament hoping to see Messi perform, and he did not dissapoint.
Croatia set the pace for the first 30 minutes of the semifinal game, moving the ball around and attempting to disrupt the Argentinian set-up.
The Albicelestes supporters weren't as rowdy as they had been during past games. Only the most ardent supporters dared to raise their voices since there was tension in the air.
This reflectiveness was expected given that Croatia defeated the South Americans 3-0 in their World Cup match.
Messi walked around for the majority of the opening 30 minutes of the game, acting unhurried and with body language that didn't reveal much.
But Messi's magical moments were on the horizon, just as they were when Argentina faced Mexico and then the Netherlands.
"We got off to a bad start. Because of the way Croatia started the game, Messi did not see a lot of the ball, according to Argentinian Cristian Rolero, who traveled from Miami to watch his idol play.
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