Argentina vs Switzerland Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Updates: Argentina were pushed to the brink once again, but the defending champions found a way to survive. A 3-1 extra-time victory over a valiant 10-man Switzerland booked their spot in the World Cup semifinals, where they will face England.
Switzerland had dragged Argentina to extra time despite losing Breel Embolo to a red card just minutes after they had levelled the scores at 1-1 in the 67th minute. Dan Ndoye scored after a phase of Swiss dominance, but the joy was short-lived when Embolo was sent off for simulating a foul, earning him a second yellow after a VAR intervention.
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Argentina had carried a 1-0 lead into the second half, thanks to Alexis Mac Allister’s goal. It took La Albiceleste just 10 minutes to open the scoring, with Lionel Messi creating the chance for Mac Allister to finish. The assist was Messi’s second of the World Cup, alongside his eight goals, a tally that could prove decisive in the Golden Boot race with France’s Kylian Mbappé. With a place in the final at stake, Argentina now turn their attention to England, who defeated Norway 2-1 earlier in the day.
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Argentina’s head coach Lionel Scaloni kisses Argentina’s Lionel Messi. (FILE photo)
The man that cannot control a traffic. It was Diego Maradona’s brutal assessment of Lionel Scaloni when he was appointed the full-time manager of Argentina in 2018. Argentina had a plethora of glittering names to choose from: the cult figure Marcelo Bielsa, the new-age revolutionary Mauricio Pochettino, the angel of dark arts in black suits, Diego Simeone.
Yet, to resurrect from the post-Moscow World Cup catastrophe, they turned to a largely unknown and unglamorous man. His club journey was scattered in the mid-table clubs of Italy and Spain. He wore his national stripes only seven times. He briefly managed Sevilla and Argentina’s U-20 squad, before joining the backroom staff of Jorge Sampaoli during his catastrophic reign. The federation chose him, reportedly, because he came cheap, and because he was not egoistic; the simplicity of his upbringing in a farming household in Pujato, Santa Fe, showed.
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