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Argentina survives major scare from Egypt and heads into World Cup quarterfinals against Switzerland

Trailing 2-0 against Egypt with 11 minutes of regular time to play on Tuesday, the defending champions rallied for an improbable 3-2 victory and a spot in the quarterfinals against Switzerland, which defeated Colombia in a penalty shootout.

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00:01Argentina made a major comeback in the final minutes of play against Egypt on Tuesday, narrowly securing a spot in
00:08the World Cup quarter-finals with a 3-2 finish.
00:11For much of Tuesday's game, it looked like it would be a painful exit for Argentinian star player Lionel Messi
00:17in what might be the last of his six World Cups.
00:20The defending champions trailed 2-0 against Egypt with 11 minutes remaining when Cristian Romero started the rally by scoring
00:28with a header in the 79th minute.
00:31Lionel Messi scored his eighth goal of the tournament in the 83rd to level the score at 2-2 and
00:37Enzo Fernandes completed the comeback in stoppage time.
00:40I'm very excited. I cannot believe it. We were like crying and then from one moment to the other we
00:45started like, ah, we can do it. So very, very excited.
00:48The election of Egypt was a presidential election, and the election was very big in the 2-2 election.
00:54Very, very, very, very, very, very, very. And I think there was a difference between the political party and the
01:00political party.
01:00And after that, we, unfortunately, had a choice for the first presidential election of the first presidential election.
01:06If you want to see the picture, it will be a year of a presidential election of the world's number
01:11one.
01:11So this is a presidential election of the Arab and presidential election of the United States.
01:14Argentina will face Switzerland in the quarterfinals after they beat Colombia in a penalty shootout following a scoreless draw.
01:22Switzerland has not reached the quarterfinals of a World Cup since hosting the tournament in 1954.
01:28Colombia, who failed to qualify in 2022, was on the cusp of matching its best World Cup performance but failed
01:35to come through in the highly contested match.
01:38USA.
01:38Belgium
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