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00:05And that it seemed to be comfortable Argentina with him having the ball even on the
00:11periphery of the Argentinian penalty area. He's got it again here the Swiss center half.
00:16That's Rida whose turn was sharp and the deflection is kind for Martinez.
00:22And everyone from Argentina is packed into a really tight defensive shape with the exception
00:27of Lionel Messi who is drifting on the far side of the pitch just waiting for the ball
00:32to come out.
00:36To naturally have an attempt in that first half of Lionel Messi and that's not happened
00:40at all in the first half of any game at this World Cup.
00:44Switzerland are very good defensively. You did see moments when Lionel Messi got the ball
00:50in the first half and he was very quick-footed.
00:53Got a couple of opportunities right away but he was quiet for the remainder of the half
00:58since the, since the McAllister goal.
01:01McAllister goal that came early in the first half and Switzerland looking for a response
01:06early in the seconds.
01:19He's whipped in by Fabian Rida and caught by Emi Martinez.
01:24Martinez wasn't to know either, either Martinez I should say.
01:29Emi Martinez in goal and Lissandro Martinez with just a superb tackle.
01:34Had a lot of ground to cover and Bolo did everything right and Doi perhaps could have hit it first
01:39time.
01:41What a block.
01:47And he'll be hungry for another one tonight Messi.
01:52Five games in a row where he has scored.
01:55No player has ever scored in six successive World Cup games.
02:06Messi, chief creator already tonight from a corner.
02:09And that wasn't a bad one either, it was just too high from Enzo Fernandes.
02:13No, it's really difficult.
02:15Doesn't matter how tall you are when the ball is hit like that with such pace.
02:20And you get a run on the defenders.
02:23It's timed so well.
02:24Got just a little bit too much.
02:25Got just a little bit too much.
02:55away by the intensity of that few seconds yeah things are getting a little bit feisty on the
03:00pitch saved by emmy martinez in terms of controlling the possession this is switzerland's
03:10best spell of the game jacker from distance and martinez sharply down to rappel
03:19this is a much more difficult save than it looks good pace on the ball down to the left he
03:24kept
03:24the ball close enough to him we've seen up behind him
03:38but just like against cavo verde in the round of 32 and just like against egypt in the round of
03:4416
03:46there aren't argentinian nerves everywhere
03:51rodriguez and doy breaches and scores beyond the argentina defense
04:16sharp and clinical from down in doy across the goal just a wonderful bit of football
04:29scored a huge goal against germany in the european championships two years ago
04:33down in doy and this one will sit amongst his greats too because it has pinned back the world champions
04:49here
04:50and once more argentina in a world cup knockout getting a cash in
04:55on their numerical advantage now how does switzerland play it do they have to play for penalties
05:02yeah i think they do i mean it's going to be it was hard for them to create chances 11
05:07v 11.
05:09and you have to assume now that argentina will get a stranglehold on this game
05:14they've got you know 11 minutes
05:18plus any added time and then they got to suffer through 30 minutes but yeah i think that's probably
05:23what you're at jacques said to them during that hydration break
05:29i think indola was in tears wasn't he i'm going to be consoled by the coaching staff and some of
05:35his teammates
05:37meanwhile messi to late for gonzalez is on the chase here but
05:41very quickly out clear goal all that came in the same period as the switzerland equalizer
05:52he's mccallister started a little off seems a long time ago
06:01messi
06:08and i'm not going to engineer an opportunity for him yet and i do stress yet
06:22the pause ball was easily come out before he got to gonzalez is enzo fernandez
06:34nico gonzalez
06:35and i'm going to turn on the afterburners
06:45messi wants the one two that's his area around the edge of the box
06:50again switzerland made sure he did not have the room to get a shot away
07:02eight goals already in this world cup
07:06leano messi
07:08eight in five games
07:17it's a bit more only in cameos anyway
07:21the response from switzerland has been to go to a back five rodriguez is tucked in as a left center
07:26back so now as a left wing back you see there the same three through the middle and then enjoy
07:33up top
07:33by himself and he has a really important role not only defensively but he needs to help them relieve the
07:38pressure anytime the ball goes in you need to draw fouls hold the ball and try to relieve pressure for
07:44even a few minutes at a time can really help them get over the finish line
07:51played in behind and here's the opportunity and a fantastic save
07:56curva was out very very quickly messy but the flag was up he looked suspiciously offside and he was
08:06oh it was pretty close on fan i'm not sure i don't think he is off
08:11he is off and very interesting had that gone in in the end this is so good from cuba he
08:18almost
08:19last minute he wants to go down and realizes that messi has a trick up his sleeve and stands tall
08:27to make the same
08:29well a couple things here fantastic ball across the goal mouth and i do think martinez just gets there
08:42and ultimately it looks like it yeah maybe came off elvedi but ultimately a goal kick is given
08:54close run thing
08:56mr was wondering whether he was on for a second goal there later on james corden and his crew will
09:03be
09:04on at fox tonight another nightly wrap with the after hours team that's on fox after the local news
09:23he's messy
09:40he's trying to pull that swiss defense out of shape
09:45messi only needs a half a yard bouncing around dangerously in there latoro martinez's effort and then the
09:52defected cross shot from gonzalez
10:01messi clever little clip ball
10:05eventually falls out here to gonzalez it's all hands on deck right now for the swiss
10:13another messi corner
10:22cross is beaten down here comes leonor messi again
10:35going for the long run jefferson i don't think swiss is in the mind too much though
10:39trust kerbel to be able to deal with those okay
10:43and during the break there tiago amada came on ferenzo fernandez
10:50another attacking option for argentina and they are just going to try to pile on the pressure now
10:55and get that goal prevent from having to go to penalties
11:03not a crafty player creative type not one of those players who's
11:10struggled to make an impact over the past season at atletico but uh
11:19that's what's going to be able to do with that
11:19messi with that deep ball gonzalez goes up with the header
11:25switzerland with the ushari are happy to just thump that out of play
11:39switzerland can get through this next 30 seconds that's half the job done
11:44in this extra time
11:47fizzed across again they get it out lissandro martinez here
11:53shaka got the block in it's coming back gonzalez corner argentina
11:59they're tightening the screw
12:11have to keep their concentration now the swiss
12:16get the little break and regroup
12:19messi's corner comes in it's not going to be a problem for switzerland either romero there
12:25and the referee blows to end the first period of extra time as romero tries his luck with that
12:34header switzerland still level still dreaming that they could do this maybe in a shootout for the moment
12:42let's hand it back to jules breach
12:45thanks very much ian javier hernandez peter schmeichel watching with me half time of extra time and the
12:5110 men of switzerland are holding on javier yeah they are they are they still have 15 more minutes
12:55and then the penalties i think they are betting everything to go to penalties and try to win it
13:01as they did against the colombia you know they need to defend and then now we see argentina you know
13:06playing completely in the half of switzerland trying to get a goal yeah as much as we've talked about
13:11messi in the pre-game actually all day all week all tournament today he's very very quiet argentina
13:20needs him more on the ball and then they need him to challenge more and open up that actually really
13:26well playing defense but with somebody with messi's quality and the skill set that he has he's the one
13:33player who can open that up and there's an expectation in this stadium that he will do that
13:37every time messi is on the ball javier then just defending that penalty area and again
13:46the work is good lautaro martinez couldn't get on the end of that one
13:57gotta look at that free kick excellent intervention in the end by lautaro martinez that is so difficult
14:05when you're facing your own goal you get that even a little bit wrong it can end up in your
14:10net
14:11it's only inches away from ericoma who'd come forward from the back
14:15i think they're getting used to the drama these argentinian fans
14:29i think a lot of people looked at this game and thought yeah it'll be tough but
14:34argentina will probably get the job done one or two nil
14:36that kind of thing and it did look that way for a fair bit of the evening here
14:42but it's like so many of the stories at this world cup it's turned into something a little different
14:50it's just never been easy for this argentinian squad and can they find the late winner yet again
15:00so now東西bal perfectom nied Böyle absolutely notching earlier
15:00ball in by mesi just a bit too much on it and
15:03kerber can grab that one enjoying now being the established namber one now that
15:09yan saw was no longer part of the equation of course they've lost teddy
15:13yedden shaqiri who was such an ace for them for a long time and fabian share too so
15:18So there's been a little rebuild gone on from Murat Yakin.
15:25And likely that rebuild, you'd have to say, is working for them.
15:29Because here they are in the later stages of the World Cup.
15:39Put a lot of money into the youth development side of the game there.
15:43And there's a lot of their players who are playing in Europe's top five leagues.
15:52Those players have yet more work to do here tonight.
15:56Argentinian supporters try to lift their team over the line.
16:03Almada.
16:05Messi.
16:07Messi.
16:08Still Messi!
16:09And Kerbauer knew kind of where that was arriving.
16:13He was well struck.
16:23Alvarez!
16:25Oh!
16:26That is a wondrous goal!
16:34Argentina do it again!
17:03Just sensational.
17:05Julien Alvarez, unstoppable to break the hearts of Switzerland.
17:19Well, you're starting to wonder if the breakthrough would ever come.
17:22And as Alvarez takes a touch inside on his right foot,
17:27look at this from behind.
17:29Sits up perfectly for him.
17:32Absolutely inch perfect in the top corner.
17:37Kubel, who's done absolutely nothing wrong.
17:42No chance.
17:44What a goal.
17:47Pandemonium here in Kansas City.
17:51The extraordinary Argentinian story here in this World Cup continues.
18:03Almost stranger than fiction.
18:08Wow.
18:21And now there's a bit of a dust-up among the players, I think.
18:25A few verbals were...
18:29taking place there, but a crossfire.
18:33Yellow card issued, but trying to sort out exactly who that was to.
18:37And with the melee, the feelings run so high at moments like that.
18:42You can understand how Swiss...
18:50Still we play on.
18:52One last Swiss attack.
18:54Repel.
18:57Yashari has got to get across him.
18:59He does get across him.
19:00Fitma can't quite reach it.
19:07The scoreline doesn't begin to tell the story of this game tonight.
19:18Argentina get possession.
19:20Messi wants it on the far side, but it's Almada.
19:23He's gonna try and find...
19:25Messi's gonna try and score himself.
19:27Latoura Martinez.
19:283-1 Argentina.
19:30Game, set and match.
19:32That'll be all she wrote.
19:33Hit that once.
19:36Hit that.
19:45Touchdown.
19:49Oh my God.
19:50Go!
19:51He got winner here.
19:53Go!
19:56Wait, you have to go.
19:57Rotate.
19:57Nothing too easy.
19:59Loか fig.
20:00No, no.
20:00I mean there's a good run span!
20:01You're right.
20:01T Разado.
20:03All right.
20:08they know it's safe now
20:11Messi knows it's safe
20:12being big friends with
20:14Lautaro Martinez
20:16who finished this off
20:18and finished off Switzerland
20:21Switzerland had no
20:22choice but to throw caution to the win
20:24I thought the chance got away from Almada a little bit
20:26Kubel has to be smart
20:28here unfortunately
20:30for Switzerland
20:32falls right to the feet of that man
20:34he's not going to miss with an open net
20:36from there
20:373-1 to Argentina
20:40next up England
20:43what it means is
20:44that the top four in the FIFA
20:46rankings for the first time ever
20:48will be the four semi-finalists
20:53two glorious games
20:55to look forward to
20:58celebrates
20:58with the fans
21:00the interplayer
21:04all
21:06very cruel
21:07on Switzerland
21:08who put up a heroic fight
21:10here tonight
21:11they really did
21:13and will leave with heads held high
21:24and they will certainly be asking the question
21:26what if
21:32Vargas, the referee's whistle is already gone.
21:37Even yet, for Switzerland, they've acquitted themselves very well.
21:42I don't think they're going away any time soon.
21:46Europe are not gonna have it all their own way.
21:48The champions are still around at this World Cup.
21:54And they mean business, the whistle goes.
21:56Argentina are the Chiefs in Kansas City tonight.
22:22Well, another night of drama and twists and turns.
22:28They've been following their best.
22:31They defend in a very brave way.
22:34You know, but then my player to watch respond.
22:37You know, Julian Alvarez went an absolutely banger over there.
22:40One of the best World Cup goals, you know,
22:44comparing the one that they consider against Cabo Verde in the round of 32.
22:47So, yeah, it was the only way to open this twister unlock.
22:52Yeah, it's really hard for Argentina today.
22:54They looked a little bit tired.
22:56Messi looked a little bit out of sorts.
22:58I said this at halftime before.
23:01But let me just say again, this crowd, this Argentinian crowd,
23:07what an atmosphere they create and what a party that's going on at the moment.
23:12And these guys here on that pitch, those two, they rewarded.
23:17They rewarded these guys here.
23:19I mean, okay, Martinez's goal to 3-1 was one thing.
23:24But Alvarez's goal, my God, what a way.
23:28Beautiful.
23:29Look at this crowd, by the way.
23:30This will have felt for Argentina like they're playing at home.
23:33In Kansas City, we're not in Buenos Aires, but somewhere else.
23:36It looks like it.
23:37It's amazing.
23:38It's incredible.
23:39You know, all the stadium is just white and blue, completely most white.
23:43It's incredible.
23:44They never stop singing, jumping and supporting Argentina.
23:47Have we seen all parts of this character of this Argentina squad
23:52tested in the knockout rounds, Peter?
23:55I think we get many, many days to talk about this now.
23:58I just felt, you know, I've seen the Switzerland manager there.
24:02I feel a little bit for them today because I, at the end of the day,
24:05I think it was a really silly decision from the referee,
24:08the Portuguese referee, to send him Bola war.
24:11He was within his discretion.
24:13But my God, look at how, look at Messi.
24:15Messi didn't have the best game today.
24:17This is a different Messi.
24:19We've never seen him like this before.
24:21Celebrating and being so much part of a team.
24:24And it's absolutely fantastic to see.
24:26We saw those celebrations after the Egypt win.
24:28There were tears on Messi's face.
24:30And now, look at these celebrations, shirt in the air,
24:33in front of those Argentina fans.
24:35They are through to another World Cup semi-final as they look to continue to defend their trophy, Javier.
24:43Yeah, definitely.
24:43I think there's more a feeling of relief from Argentina.
24:46You know, Peter was saying correctly.
24:48I think Messi didn't perform in the way that we're used to it, you know.
24:52He had an assist though, so he's been assisting and scoring a goal in every of his matches.
24:58But that's the beauty when you have a team behind you, you know.
25:02You can maybe not play in your best way, but then your teammates respond from you.
25:07Your teammates back you up, you know.
25:08Have a little watch and a listen to this crowd responding to that Argentina team on the pitch.
25:38Yeah.
25:52Incredible celebrations on the full-time whistle here in Kansas City.
25:56You were saying before the game that when Messi is maybe not at his best in a match,
26:00you need the rest of the team, you need the rest of the squad to step up.
26:04And they did that today, Peter.
26:06We've always said that Argentina is a very good, very, very solid team.
26:10And they have Messi.
26:11He gives him that extra.
26:13Today, it was a team.
26:15Again today, I have to say, like the other two games in another round,
26:19they were pushed all the way to the end.
26:22But they're playing England now.
26:24Today, they were pushed by Norway.
26:25They were pushed by Mexico before.
26:27So when we have this semi-final now coming on,
26:30it's going to be interesting to see how much energy is left in the tank for the team.
26:35These two teams.
26:36More to come on Argentina, but another word on Switzerland, Javier,
26:41who down to ten men were absolutely brilliant all the way through extra time as well.
26:46And they're the first team to stop Messi scoring in ten World Cup games.
26:50Yeah, definitely.
26:51There's a way that you want to lose is like this.
26:53You're not giving everything.
26:54You're not leaving everything for the referee.
26:56So the controversies aside, you put the effort, you run, you defend,
27:00you make things completely difficult for Argentina.
27:03So look, look at this manager.
27:04I think they did pretty well for the second time.
27:06They were in this stage of the knockouts, you know, in quarterfinals.
27:10So I think they did amazing, brilliantly.
27:12Obviously upset because you always want to win.
27:14Yeah, they deserve a lot of credit for how they performed out here today.
27:17But the semifinals are now set and they feature the four highest ranked teams in the world.
27:25France will face Spain on Tuesday in Dallas.
27:27Argentina take on England on Wednesday in Atlanta.
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