LIVE: 'Harsh' call left Socceroos star bewildered

Socceroos superstar Mat Ryan was unimpressed with 1 infinitesimal from Argentina's semi-final triumph implicit Croatia connected Wednesday morning.

Argentina won the crippled 3-0, but the archetypal extremity came successful arguable circumstances.

Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was penalised for a situation connected Argentine guardant Julian Alvarez successful the 34th minute.

Lionel Messi stepped up and duly converted the spot kick, past erstwhile Argentina scored a 2nd lone minutes aboriginal the crippled was fundamentally over.

Ryan didn't spot overmuch incorrect with the Livakovic situation which helium says changed the momentum of the game.

"I thought it was a spot harsh," Ryan told 2GB's Wide World of Sports radio.

"He comes retired determination evidently and does what helium does, helium makes the determination not to effort to triumph the shot first, but to basal his crushed and effort marque the save.

"I'm not definite what other helium is meant to do. I thought the interaction was initiated by the Argentine forward.

"The goalkeeper's occupation is to effort to halt the shot going successful the backmost of the net, and helium adopted a method and a position.

"He can't precisely vanish successful that moment. I've had those benignant of scenarios erstwhile oregon doubly myself, and you can't assistance but consciousness hard done by. It was a decisive moment."

Hundreds of Moroccan fans waited extracurricular Al Janoub Stadium connected Wednesday for a accidental to people a escaped summons to the country's World Cup semi-final crippled against France.

The tickets were fixed retired by the Moroccan shot federation successful coordination with FIFA and the Qatari organising committee.

"We bought the remainder of unsold tickets successful the stadium and we distributed them to our fans," Moroccan federation president Fouzi Lekjaa said. "They are present successful Qatar and they person lone 1 tendency — to spot the nationalist team."

Morocco, the archetypal African squad to scope the semi-finals astatine the World Cup, faces defending champion France connected Wednesday.

Fans extracurricular Al Janoub Stadium said they had been waiting for respective hours. Some camped retired with blankets and chairs and took turns sleeping connected the ground. Many program to enactment the squad successful Qatar adjacent if they can't get a ticket.

"We conscionable going to trust connected God. We privation from the bottommost of our bosom that tomorrow's crippled goes well," Moroccan instrumentality Mohammed al Hmaemi said. "We anticipation that our nationalist squad wins. We bash not person tickets, truthful we conscionable going to enactment extracurricular and cheer for them."

Moroccan instrumentality Hasnae Belazzeyz said the hold was worthy it: "It's much than a dream, it's incredible. It's a nationalist pride. It is historical."

Morocco's nationalist carrier, Royal Air Maroc, has confirmed it volition tally 30 flights betwixt Casablanca and Doha.

"After the occurrence of the unprecedented arrangements made for the Morocco-Portugal match, we are present quadrupling these arrangements by operating astir 30 flights with large-capacity craft successful conscionable 24 hours," Royal Air Maroc president Abdelhamid Addou said successful a statement.