00:00For 80 minutes, the biggest story in football wasn't Lionel Messi.
00:04It was Egypt making Argentina look wonderfully... ordinary.
00:13Egypt held the world champions hostage.
00:16Argentina spent most of the afternoon searching for an escape.
00:20This wasn't backs to the wall defending.
00:22Egypt attacked with conviction.
00:25Mohamed Salah pulled the strings.
00:26Haysim Hassan stretched the pitch.
00:30And Argentina's composure slowly disappeared.
00:33Then came the unimaginable.
00:35Messi missed, again.
00:37Two missed penalties in one World Cup.
00:40Even football's greatest artist sometimes smudges the canvas.
00:45At 2-0, Egypt weren't chasing history.
00:48They were controlling it.
00:50Every weakness Cape Verde exposed, Egypt ripped wider.
00:54Then football ignored the evidence.
00:57Christian Romero headed one back.
00:59Messi struck four minutes later.
01:01Enzo Fernandes completed the comeback in stoppage time.
01:05From elimination to celebration in the blink of an eye.
01:10Those tears on Messi's face looked less like joy than relief.
01:14Argentina had escaped again.
01:17But the final whistle didn't end the drama.
01:20It simply changed the conversation.
01:22Egypt were furious.
01:24A goal ruled out by VAR.
01:26A penalty appeal ignored moments before Argentina scored the winner.
01:31Coach Hossam Hassan questioned the credibility of the decisions and even suggested the tournament wanted Messi to stay.
01:39Whether you agree or not, the controversy is only getting louder.
01:45While Atlanta argued, Vancouver whispered.
01:49Switzerland and Colombia fought through 120 goalless minutes before Gregor Cobel saved Cucho Hernandez's penalty.
01:56To send the Swiss into their first World Cup quarterfinal since 1954.
02:02Now comes another fascinating chapter.
02:05Switzerland against Argentina.
02:07Another team convinced the champions can be heard.
02:11Today it wasn't remembered for one comeback.
02:14It will be remembered for one question.
02:16Was it genius?
02:18Or outrage?
02:21Frankie D'Cruz and Amardeep Gil, FMT.
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