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Switzerland were left furious after their World Cup quarter-final defeat to Argentina, having been reduced to 10 men when Breel Embolo was shown a second yellow card
Attacker shown second yellow card for simulationArgentina topple Swiss with two goals in extra timeFifa match officials’ novel use of the term “mistaken identity” reared its head again in sensational circumstances during Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and Switzerland, leaving the Swiss forward Breel Embolo in tears and the European side a man down for a total of 67 minutes against the defending champions.“It’s completely not understandable,” Switzerland’s head coach, Murat Yakin, said afterward. “I know that they will protect their referee but this rule destroyed the game today.” Continue reading...
Julian Alvarez scored an extra-time stunner as Argentina beat 10-man Switzerland 3-1 and set up a mouth-watering World Cup semi-final clash with England.
Argentina retake the lead in their quarter-final against Switzerland through a stunning strike from Julian Alvarez during extra-time in Kansas City.
Did anyone think they would do it the easy way? Argentina were labouring towards penalties with eight minutes of extra time left against a dogged, supremely organised 10-man Switzerland. There was a high risk they would curse throwing away a game that felt like a cruise when Alexis Mac Allister headed them into an early lead. The game ground down to walking pace and they received an almighty jolt when the impressive Dan Ndoye equalised midway through the second half.Lionel Messi, for all his various attempts, could not bail them out this time. Instead it was Julián Álvarez, cutting on to his right foot and sending a quite stunning finish into Gregor Kobel’s top left corner from 25 yards, who provided the magic and gave this summer a semi-final for the ages. They will face England on Wednesday in Atlanta, a fact rubber-stamped when Lautaro Martínez scored a late rebound. Messi will contest that fixture for the first time, 40 years since the Hand of God. Switzerland will think it could have been them had Breel Embolo not received a second booking five minutes after Ndoye’s goal for diving. Continue reading...