Argentina faced off against Switzerland in the World Cup quarterfinals, expecting a straightforward victory, but it was anything but. Switzerland fought strongly to get level at 1-1 but a controversial VAR decision saw the Swiss side reduced to 10 men, allowing Argentina to win the match in extra time thanks to goals from Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez. The Golazo Matchnight crew break down this Argentina performance, and if they can win playing like this against top teams.
00:00 – Argentina keep surviving
01:33 – Messi no longer a fan favorite? Argentina losing fans due to controversies
04:10 – Argentina vs. England semifinal, Messiās influence
07:15 – Who can spark some joy in Argentina?
09:34 – Sofascore ratings
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I usually love to watch World Cup, which was before. Now I hate it because this World Cup is for Messi they play favors.
If argentina wins the 2026 world cup, itās a rigged, stolen tournament. Fifa set the whole thing up.
England v Argentina is one of the greatest football fixtures that can be . Always drama and greatness from the games over the years. Hopefully it's englands turn to win this time
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England, be aware of referees! Argelia, Cape Verde and Egypt left behind. In 2022, 5 penalties in 7 matches for Vargentina
1:50 Dude wtf are you talking about!??! What an immature panelist… the 'controversy' is only in the minds of the haters like you here š Vamos Argentina!! They are finding a way despite the adversity, and because it's not a cakewalk people who don't know any better will keep underestimating them.
The haters so desperately wanting to see Argentina are just bitter because all their teams they were hoping would upset Argentina ended up getting dunked on and ruined their hatewatches. Thatās just one of the side effects of being Champions
This is such biased channel towards English football, Bellinghamās 1st goal shouldāve been disallowed. Yet they cry about controversial decisions involving Argentina but turn a blind eye when it comes to England. Hypocrites everywhere.
Argentina better with the 4 3 3 line up.
How can you watch this match and say Julian was poor apart from the goal?
He was a demon, he ran what felt like 20km hounding the defense and he was the only guy making this team feel alive for most of the game. Can't score worldies left and right every game, someone needs to do the dirty work and there's very few like him in world's football
VARgetina vs England, VAR will disallow an England goal, bet on it
Messi is done I thinkā¦.so tired ā¦almada came and created chancesā¦.arg needs a winger or nico Paz
Argentina was never that good anyway they was never expected to win the last World Cup they had easy run and got lucky this WC they have been trash they should have been out if it wasnāt for that ref vs Egypt
Argentina squad no messing around , no silly fouls , avoid unnecessary cards , unleashed your game , bring back the memories of late Maradona , good luck albecesta
Younger legs like Almadi and Nico Paz should be in the starting 11.
Nobody cares if yall support Argentina or not… fans aren't playing on the pitch so the "feelings" are irrelevant.
I love both these teams so much. Both teams are full of talent and expertese – I plan to enjoy it without rooting for just one side.
Argentina since the days of Mario Kempes and Diego Maradona have been an admirable footballing nation. Indeed, I think Messi ranks as the greatest player (on paper) who ever played the game, but Diego was more naturally gifted. Argentina were fitting champions in the last World Cup, despite their loss to Saudi Arabia in the group phase. But this time, Argentina have struggled against Cabo Verde and Egypt. They defeated a 10-man Switzerland in the QF with some difficulty – especially given the Swiss were in the ascendancy before the red card. England on the other hand have won at the Azteca at altitude and were one man down for a huge portion of the second half in that game. They then beat Haaland's Norway despite the heat in Miami. Argentina will underestimate England at their peril noting that the Three Lions have two players in the top 5 scorers of all goal scorers of this World Cup. Wednesday's game will be a whole new level of test of this Argentinian team. May the best team win.
He's right. We couldn't care less what all the haters think. We've been dealing with them for decades, yet we still march on. Vamos Argentina!
i see a potential 7:1 for England
England is better than Argentinaš…. Hating pro max
Lol. We will see. I love to come watch these post and pre game so called analysts make up things. Argentina not playing well. Ok. But they still are in the semi finals of a world cup. And their so called favored teams aren't . Maybe the Argentina team finds something deep within themselves to keep moving forward. That is what champions are about
Moving forward and winning. Games can be scrappy. The referee wasn't willing to let advantage play happen maybe because referee feel that VAR might come into play. Also the studio's might have been better off explaining the VAR rules and its application instead of wasting time on creating controversies when none exist. Maybe the English Journalists diss on Argentina so that they don't have to talk about how rubbish they have played and how lucky they have been to reach the Semi finals .
This whole show is so hateful towards Argentina. Itās really not analysis
Try to keep following interviews, analysis and videos more professional! Envy and jealousy is too obvious guys…. Are you panicking so much right now? Try to at least pretend you believe in your English team more credibly. Constructive feedback: Keep envy indoors please. Too obvious to even enjoy.
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This guy saying his parents don't support Argentina anymore reminds me of my own sister.
Just today she told me, "Argentina is cheating in this World Cup. I'm not impressed by them anymore."
I asked her a simple question: "How can you say for sure they're cheating? What's your evidence?"
Her answer was, "Everyone says that."
I then explained that "everyone" is actually a very loud group online, largely made up of toxic Ronaldo fans who have been pushing this narrative for years. Serious football fans don't accept such claims without evidence just because they're repeated over and over.
Once I explained that to her, she understood. It shows how easily people can mistake a loud online narrative for the truth when they hear it often enough.
Argentina has been hitting 3 goals for most of their games in this World cup. Deserve some love
ā¤ i hope you guys win. I'm from the united states
England v Argentina should be a great match because both teams have similarities. Both havenāt been free flowing at their best yet, both donāt need to play well but have match winners who can score a goal from nothing, both seem to have dodgy/ weak defences, both seem to improve with fantastic fighting spirit when facing adversity, both find a way to win and even off the field itās a great match because both have great fanbases who make plenty of noise. This will be more like a local derby atmosphere than a WC match, the quality might not be great because it might become a scrap, a battle of wills and the drama will be intense. Agree it will feel like a historical occasion.
The whole world wants only Messi to win this worldcup, as a nuetral fan, i wouldn't even care if Zimbabwe wins this worldcup. I just want to see the GOAT win it one more time, to add another trophy is his cabinet.
Good answer to the bad journalist that asks about the controversy. Itās a stupid conspiracy theory.
The 3 analysts are all Messi Haters. Controversy? The only thing that Messi gains from the referee is the no call on Algeria. Embolo dive is for Oscar's awards.
Let's say it goes down to the wire, are we saying Argentina and Messi cannot make a comeback against England ?
Argentinian controversies pale in comparison to Real Madrid and you never bring them up.
Why the double standard?
no controversial calls. Its just the haters.
Argentina is going with the same team???? Yesss bcz its winning baby so call us crawling the next match we gonna win call us luck if you aren't all careful we gonna win the world cup without going to penalties we are preparing for the tough games by winning the psychological warfare we are already used to feeling like we going out and hanging on and bringing the best untill we overturn the olds, we haven't advance by luck luck is through penalty shoot outs no game as gone there.
Messi crossed last night Alvarez our boy delivered that is not luck, the other team tried to cone back and finally opened up we punished them and sealed the win so keep saying luck luckš
People bring up and exaggerate controversy because some people don't want Argentina to win again, so they keep making it a big deal to deceive casual audience who don't understand the rules.
So you mean good teams are just going out and Argentina is just surviving three times????
Well everyone playing Argentina and Spain knows they are the dominating team or winners so they are putting their best. This is a knock out, some teams have not survived so Argentina is doing fine nothing controversial
He dive thats a red card
The interviewer asking stupid question
Total haters, they just canāt say it out loud because they are on TV.
What do I mean not rooting? Are u saying team plays well should win, letās ignore the score?
THEY MISSING DI MARIA
A rubbish group stage (all the teams they faced benefited from the expansion and didnāt qualify in 2022)
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By far the easiest path to the final
And they still need VAR to save themā¦..
How can you say FIFA doesnāt Ā«Ā workĀ Ā» matches when South Korea in 2002 exists.
If planting your studs on an Algerians calf isnāt a sanctionnable act then falling down without contact isnāt.
Embolo was the game changer for Argentina.
My parents are no longer on the Messi trainā¦. āWe couldnāt care lessā oooppsss š No serious journalist in the world is following what the fans are sayingā¦.Wonder how that makes him feel asking the question š