00:05Argentina fans celebrated after the defending champions booked their place in the World Cup
00:10semifinals with a dramatic 3-1 extra time victory over Switzerland. Julian Alvarez and
00:17Lataro Martinez struck late in extra time as Argentina overcame 10-man Switzerland in
00:23a thrilling quarterfinal actually I was not worried against Egypt so this game I was not worried at all
00:30are you worried about England on Wednesday what are you worried about respect to England I like
00:39England but this is Argentina we are we are we are a good team
00:51it's a game it's a classic so I think whoever wins that game you know can go even if you
00:59don't win
00:59the final that is the game that you want to win more but at the end of the day there's
01:05admiration
01:06you know and respect for the opponent and definitely we like good football we're both
01:13passionate and we like good football so you know let's just make love and make peace.
01:20Switzerland appearing in the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time since 1954 pushed the holders all
01:27the way before their hopes suffered a major setback when Briel Mbolo was sent off for diving in the 72nd
01:33minute Argentina finally broke the deadlock deep into extra time through Alvarez before Martinez sealed
01:40the victory nine minutes later calmly converting the rebound after Thiago Almada's effort was saved
01:46I think it's a bittersweet loss but really proud of how they fought out there forced it to extra time
01:53and put up a great game and happy to cheer and celebrate along the way and it was a great
01:59World Cup
01:59by the Swiss. We played with 10 men for almost an hour and we gave them the best we had
02:07we gave
02:07them a run for our for their money it was uh it was amazing Swiss did amazing five more minutes
02:13and
02:13they would have taken into penalties and we would have won. The game was very exciting a little bit
02:19disappointed obviously because Switzerland lost but it was a great game I think they played with their
02:26heart and it was a tough opponent to go against Argentina. The victory keeps Lionel Messi's dream of
02:34retaining the world cup alive with Argentina now just one win away from another final
02:39Argentina will face England in the semi-finals on July 15th with a place in the world cup final on
02:46the line
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