With Messi in a deeper role, Argentina find themselves in the unusual position of not having an established world-class forward, and the same is true for Croatia.
Delic started the semi-final against Brazil alongside Andrej Kramaric at centre-forward, before Bruno Petkovic replaced him and scored the crucial equaliser.
Against the Dutch, the Argentine started Manchester City’s Julián Álvarez as their main striker, with Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martínez replacing him and causing much trouble in extra time.
It will be interesting to see whether any one of them gets a start in the semi-finals or whether they will again be asked to make an impact off the bench.