Argentina vs Switzerland Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 Quarter Final Match Updates: On one side of the field will be Argentina, boasting a roster that includes the likes of defending World Cup winners, Lautaro Martinez, Julian Alvarez and, of course, arguably the greatest player of his generation, Lionel Messi.
On the other side, Switzerland.
Yes, Saturday night’s final quarter-final couldn’t seem like a bigger mismatch. Argentina has all the glitz and glamour, to say nothing of stars and trophies, while the Swiss have never reached a World Cup semi-final; In fact, they have not been to the quarter-finals since 1954, when they lost to Austria in a tournament they hosted.
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But anything can happen on the field as Argentina and the rest of the world learned when the three-time champions struggled to beat Cape Verde and La Albiceleste overcame a 2-0 deficit in the final 11 minutes to beat Egypt on Tuesday. And it has given hope to a Switzerland side that beat Colombia on penalty kicks to book a date with Argentina at the Arrowhead Stadium.
“We know Argentina has a lot of good qualities. Swiss qualities are very little talked about,” defensive midfielder and team captain Granit Xhaka said on Friday. “Tomorrow we will talk on the pitch, and we will show what we can do and everything else doesn’t matter.”
The winner will play either Norway or England in Atlanta on Wednesday for a place in the World Cup final.
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Lionel Scaloni: How Argentina’s unlikely manager rebuilt Messi and the Golden Age
Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni kisses Argentina’s Lionel Messi. (file photo)
A man who cannot control traffic. Diego Maradona had a brutal assessment of Lionel Scaloni when he was appointed as Argentina’s full-time manager in 2018. Argentina had many glittering names to choose from: Marcelo Bielsa, new-age revolutionary Mauricio Pochettino, Simon Diego the angel of the arts.
Yet, to rebound from the disaster that followed the Moscow World Cup, they turned to a largely unknown and unfamiliar man. His club journey was scattered between mid-table clubs in Italy and Spain. He wore the national stripes only seven times. He briefly managed Sevilla and Argentina’s U-20 side before joining Jorge Sampaoli’s backroom staff during his disastrous career. The Federation chose him, allegedly, because he came cheap and wasn’t arrogant; His upbringing was simple in a farming family in Pujato, Santa Fe.