00:05of all the great intercontinental rivalries few as vivid as resident as this one they walk here
00:13just as their forerunners did into the ticker tape of buenos aires the steamy heat of marseille
00:20the endless night of sao paulo a game for the ages of joy for troll of passarella and
00:27kempers of that ball from deborah and bergkamp's balletic beauty of then and of now an album of
00:36memories and tonight an abundance of scrumptious possibilities nigh on half a century since the
00:44first here comes the sixth world cup meeting of the netherlands and argentina it has been the final
00:51it has been the semi-final and now for the second time it is a quarter-final this for the
00:57right to
00:57face croatia in the semi-final here on tuesday
01:02and they're messy engaged at once by de jong
01:07toeing away from him to pie punched upon by molina gathered now by messi
01:13here's molina again
01:17and crunch gold it's uh
01:20of course who got the breakthrough goal against the states
01:23last 16 here's messy
01:25van deyck is well stationed it came out to lionel messi
01:28and messi found acuna
01:32he thrashed it across the face and beyond
01:36yeah just needed
01:38forward by romero
01:41challenge by ake is allowed to go here is uh
01:44messi
01:47spin off timber
01:51well romero felt that was a good clean get but the spanish referee was
01:56right on it
01:57memphis to pie
01:59to pie's cross dumfries kept it alive
02:01blint is attacking it
02:03timber
02:05oh that's a smashing ball from jurian timber
02:07which uh certainly lit up the eyes of steven bergwein
02:11yeah
02:11to paul
02:12messy
02:14little messy
02:16got under it
02:21that's a glimpse
02:23the road
02:24to pie
02:25bergwein
02:26to pie
02:30bergwein
02:31points it wide
02:32i think
02:33memphis to pie wanted to take over here
02:36okay going long
02:37gap poe is his target
02:39to mendy
02:39he's bumped over
02:42yeah
02:43gap poe is
02:44fernandez
02:45messy
02:46he won it mccallister but he had
02:48nothing really ahead of him
02:50to paul
02:54molina
02:56mccallister
02:58and de paul
02:59with a shot that lacked vim
03:04craftily taken by messi
03:06wriggling away from ake
03:08and fiddling for a beautiful pass
03:10it's a wonderful argentina goal
03:12molina pounced
03:17messi cut them in half
03:20and the rest was simple
03:23no
03:24molina
03:25with the breakthrough moment
03:30the albi
03:31celeste shine
03:37well it's one of the passes of the world cup so far
03:42for magic man messi
03:47he just don't think he's got anything to go
03:49but argentina have only ever beaten the netherlands outright once
03:54just once
03:59alvarez
04:02messi
04:04looking to twist off ake
04:05messi got a shot away when not many would
04:07no
04:10expecting him almost to stay on his left foot but
04:13timba
04:15dumfries
04:16nice clumsy one from fernandez
04:18it's a touch free kick
04:23flicked in by gacpo
04:25fought again by timba
04:27memphis depai
04:28couldn't circumvent romero who handled it
04:31and he's in the book
04:32knew he'd been beaten romero by the little flick
04:36flicked in by gacpo
04:38and well judged by martinez
04:42a few comings
04:43de jong
04:45gacpo
04:49comfortable gather for martinez
04:51van deyck keeps it from him
04:53and the half time whistle goes
04:54and on the day
04:56brazil fell
04:58argentina
04:59threatened again
05:00to rise
05:01the other player
05:03to be withdrawn
05:07messi has proved himself again
05:09irreplaceable
05:13to paul
05:15messi
05:19alvarez
05:21messi
05:24kunya
05:25he'll settle for that
05:28messi flings it in
05:29and it was just nicked away
05:31look house
05:33please gacpo
05:35gacpo's made a yard
05:36in advance of him
05:37mccallister through the middle
05:38here is little messi
05:40goalkeeper came
05:41and got there first
05:45messi
05:45de paul
05:46nearly put in molina
05:49okay across behind messi
05:56by de paul
05:58messi
05:58oh beautifully weighted
06:00oh beautifully weighted
06:00mccallister
06:01alvarez is one way to paul is the other
06:03this is rodrigo de paul for argentina
06:06oh
06:07alexis mccallister
06:08too much on it
06:11fernandez went to ground
06:13lena took it back
06:15messi
06:16with the full pirouette
06:17messi
06:19in his own time
06:20in his own time
06:21when he wants
06:21leonor messi
06:22driving at the heart of them
06:24and getting tipped over
06:27to earn a free kick for argentina
06:29in a
06:35messi
06:37he rippled the netting
06:39from the outside
06:45acuña
06:48driving beyond dumfries
06:50who challenged
06:52penalty
06:59acuña still writhing
07:01dumfries
07:02glaring
07:09leonor messi
07:12reaches out for more history
07:15as argentina
07:17reach out for the world cup
07:19semi-finals
07:35he has a dream to fulfill
07:37they have a dream to fulfill
07:47step by step
07:48they draw closer
07:50to the ultimate
07:51for level
07:52with argentina's
07:57until now
07:58record holder
07:59gabriel batistuta
08:01de jong going nose to nose
08:03with martinez
08:06to this point
08:07quite a night
08:08for argentina's full backs
08:10here's gatpo
08:11here he is
08:12clear by otamendi
08:14beautifully kept by messi
08:16sifted through
08:17for mccallister
08:21and alvarez
08:23on the other
08:24and two big strikers
08:25between them
08:27couldn't progress
08:28but
08:28the challenge
08:30from paredes
08:32cook miners
08:35berghaus
08:36they're cost
08:41the dutch
08:42have dug back in
08:49still retrievable
08:51well they've switched to
08:52simple
08:53straightforward football
08:54get the ball in the box
08:56and get it in early
08:57to those two
09:00the netherlands
09:01have set up here
09:02a potential grandstand finish
09:04with their first shot on target
09:06in the game
09:07thrust up towards
09:09de jong
09:09berghaus
09:12he gave that plenty
09:15fell perfectly onto that
09:17powerful left foot of his
09:19this is lautaro martinez
09:21and messi
09:23dispossessed by
09:24ake fowl
09:26by berghaus
09:27who goes into the book
09:31ake
09:31thumping into the book
09:33come back by de jong
09:34ake
09:37goes crashing
09:39over the
09:40outrushing argentine
09:43leandro paredes
09:44who himself
09:45clouted the ball
09:47at the bench
09:48and
09:49there was a way
09:50up into the air
09:52by paredes
09:52oh that looks like a foul
09:54that is going to be a free kick
09:56oh
09:56what a silly challenge
09:57what a silly challenge
09:59in minute
10:00100
10:03coat miners
10:04smart
10:052-2
10:06extraordinary
10:08101
10:10minutes
10:17that they cost
10:19and the immediate future
10:21is still
10:23is still
10:24orange
10:28that is incredible
10:31the whole stadium
10:33expected a shot
10:36what a free kick
10:37that was
10:38it caught
10:43that's it for now
10:44but of course
10:45there will be more
10:48there will be half an hour
10:49more
10:50there could be
10:52penalties
10:52even beyond
10:56slung in towards
10:57Berghausen
10:58Martinez
10:58for a moment
10:59wasn't so sure
11:06paredes
11:07it's all going on
11:08out there
11:08the refs
11:09seen that little clash
11:10I think
11:11and he's brought it back
11:13could be troubling
11:16Messi
11:17lifts it in
11:18and
11:19what a Mendy
11:21was stretching
11:25flicked in by Messi
11:27and well pouched
11:29second time
11:29by
11:30Michel's throw
11:31Messi
11:35tripped by Gakpo
11:37and that is for Messi
11:40Messi to wriggle
11:41and Messi to shoot
11:42high and wide
11:47here though is Gakpo
11:51Patella's challenge
11:56Gakpo lifts it in
11:57De Jong
11:58De Jong
11:59neither time
12:04Di Maria
12:05Messi
12:10Di Maria for the first time
12:13Fernandes
12:14he's got a yard
12:15in by Fernandes
12:16and crash wide
12:19by Lautaro
12:20Martinez
12:21there's a Dutch body
12:22in the way there
12:23the was
12:23the was
12:24of chance
12:26here's Messi
12:28Fernandes
12:29deflection
12:31and he loops up
12:33over
12:33and behind
12:37Angel Di Maria
12:39Petzla
12:43will he attack
12:45this one with some
12:45force
12:46Argentina
12:46done well
12:47Di Maria
12:49on by
12:50Montreal
12:51Lautaro
12:52Martinez
12:53Otamendi
12:54Paredes
12:55here's Messi
12:57here's Messi
13:00he's got a corner
13:04in by Di Maria
13:05and touched up
13:07Messi
13:12Fernandes
13:13has hit the post
13:16oh wow
13:18what a pure
13:19strike of the football
13:23an epic
13:24whose
13:25denouement
13:26is still to come
13:28Argentina
13:28were nearly there
13:29Messi from the spot
13:31had taken them
13:32to the very edge
13:33Virgil van Dijk
13:34leading from
13:35the front
13:36for the Netherlands
13:37oh great save
13:39that is a
13:40great save
13:41from Emi Martinez
13:44Lionel Messi
13:45eight years ago
13:47in Sao Paulo
13:48stepped up first
13:49against the Netherlands
13:50and Messi
13:51answers the call
13:54with extreme
13:56cool
13:56incredible
13:57Birkhaus
13:58oh another
13:59great get
14:00by Martinez
14:03why wouldn't
14:04he dance
14:07Paredes
14:08thumps it
14:08and means it
14:10and Argentina
14:13are nearly there
14:14it's a belter
14:17and the light
14:18is not yet out
14:20on the Netherlands
14:21Montreal
14:22beauty
14:23beauty
14:25they're on the
14:26cusp
14:29and
14:30Weghorst
14:31does score
14:33Enzo Fernandes
14:35has dragged
14:36it wide
14:37and the
14:39drama
14:39Dijon
14:40rolls it in
14:42with poise
14:45Lautaro
14:46Martinez
14:47Argentina
14:48march on
14:59they won it
15:01once
15:01and then
15:03from the spot
15:03they won it
15:05all over again
15:12it was not
15:14his last dance
15:17he will jump
15:18and jig
15:20jollily
15:20into the
15:21semi-final
15:22appeal
15:22you
15:24you
15:24you
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