Kansas City. Reigning world champion Argentina has made it to the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup by defeating Switzerland 3-1 in extra time in a thrilling match. Now Argentina will face England, who defeated Norway 2-1 in their quarter-final match.
However, this match was not easy for Argentina. Both the teams were tied at 1-1 till the stipulated 90 minutes. After this, in the 112th minute of extra time, Julian Alvarez gave Argentina the lead by scoring the decisive goal and later Lautaro Martínez ensured the victory by scoring the third goal.
In this match, Lionel Messi’s streak of scoring goals in nine consecutive World Cup matches ended. However, he created a great opportunity from a corner kick, on which Alexis McAllister scored Argentina’s first goal.
Now Argentina is just two wins away from a second consecutive World Cup title.
Switzerland played brilliantly in the second half. In the 67th minute, Dan Ndoye scored on a pass from Ricardo Rodriguez and leveled the match at 1-1.
After this, there was controversy regarding the referee’s decision in the match. Following the incident involving Briel Embolo, the decision was changed based on video review and the earlier yellow card was converted to a red card. After this, Switzerland got the remaining part of the match. Had to play with 10 players.
After the score remained equal till the stipulated time, the match went into extra time. Here Argentina took advantage of its experience.
112th minute Julian Alvarez gave the team the lead by scoring a goal, while Lautaro Martínez later scored the third goal to put an end to Switzerland’s hopes of a comeback.
With this win Argentina continues Registering its 12th World Cup win, it has reached the last four.
France and Spain will face each other in the second semi-final. This is the first time that the top four teams in the FIFA rankings have reached the World Cup semi-finals.
This campaign for Switzerland ended here. The team could not fulfill its dream of reaching the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in its history and till now the wait for victory against Argentina in the World Cup continues.
