now they are two games from the one lionel messi is missing, and argentina has waited since the days of diego. diego maradona, the world s greatest player, receives the world s most important football prize. there has been this enormous pressure on lionel messi to be the new diego. after the quarterfinal match, when lionel messi slightly lashed out a little, people are saying it is diego taking over messi. so all of this is giving us a closer look at what the real messi is like, and he is a different kind of leader from maradona and a very different kind of player. croatia s population is half the size of london, yet for two world cups running, they are in the semis. last time at this stage, they beat england and luka modric won the ballon d 0r. this time, it has been hard work. croatia have broken hearts on penalties. inside 90 minutes, they have won just one game, but they have knocked out brazil. and he hasn t done it,
writer. he was a tireless ambassador for the sport, a writer who never ignored inconvenient truths about the sport he loved. cnn s don riddell has the latest from qatar. reporter: at the most extraordinary world cup game, the most devastating news as the quarterfinal match between argentina and the netherlands went into extra time, american soccer writer and broadcaster grant wahl died after closed caption s collapsing suddenly in the stadium. he had spoken in his podcast about feeling unwell. my body told me, dude, you are not sleeping enough. it rebelled on me. so i ve had a case of bronchitis this week. i ve been to the medical clinic at the media center twice now. reporter: after collapsing on friday night, on-site medics spent 20 to 25 minutes treating wahl. i was at the netherlands game
journalist on friday in qatar, we ll covering the world cup. he collapsed in the closing moments of the argentina netherlands quarterfinal match. in a december 5th post on his personal website, wall said he felt sick. on-site personnel said he, probably had bronchitis, it was given antibiotics. the cause of death was not immediately available. he was known for his writing for sports illustrated, he started raking in 1996. he was 49 years old. now, back to dateline. w, back to dateline. david swain spell two years, in a small prison in the island. the little rice all is one or two hours a day that i could walk around. every day, that would let me out, and he was going for it. they finally had his day in court. the charge, murdering his wife shelley, anna scuba dive, ten years before. he pleaded, not guilty.
the argentina/netherlands match on friday. the 49-year-old was passionate about the game, but he was also at times critical of fifa, world football s governing body, and qatar, over its human rights record. still, fifa honored wahl on saturday, saying he should have been there. flowers and a picture of the journalist were placed in the media section ahead of the england versus france match. cnn s don riddell has more on wahl s life and legacy. reporter: at the most extraordinary world cup game, the most devastating news as the quarterfinal match between argentina and the netherlands went into extra time. american soccer writer and broadcaster grant wahl died after collapsing suddenly in the stadium. just days before, the 49-year-old had spoken in his podcast about feeling unwell during the tournament. my body i think told me, even after the u.s. went out, dude, you are not sleeping enough. and it rebelled on me. and so i ve had a case of bronchitis this week. i ve been to the medic
reach the semifinals. that match is scheduled for wednesday. the other matchup will see argentina take on croatia after both teams advanced things to overtime penalty shootouts. and they hit the pitch on tuesday. and sadly, there was a dark cloud hanging over the festivities this weekend at the world cup. tributes and mourning over the death of acclaimed sports journalist, grant wahl. he clapped suddenly will covering the world cup on friday. he was a passionate voice for soccer, but also a sharp critic of corruption in qatar s human rights record. cnn s don riddell has more on walls life and legacy. at the most extraordinary world cup game, the most devastating news. the quarterfinal match in argentina netherlands one attacks to time, american soccer writer and broadcaster, grant wahl, died after collapsing suddenly in the stadium. just days before the 49 year old has spoken in his podcast