{"id":2587,"date":"2026-07-12T05:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2026-07-12T05:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:37:23","slug":"argentina-into-world-cup-semifinals-as-julian-alvarezs-112-minute-stunner-sparks-3-1-win-over-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2587","title":{"rendered":"Argentina into World Cup semifinals as Juli\u00e1n Alvarez\u2019s 112-minute stunner sparks 3-1 win over Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 Juli\u00e1n Alvarez sent defending champion Argentina back to the World Cup semifinals with a long-range strike in the 112th minute against Switzerland, while another goal by Lautaro Mart\u00ednez with seconds left in extra time only served to make the 3-1 victory look a whole lot easier than it was Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2585\">Confused when World Cup stoppage time ends? You\u2019re not alone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alexis Mac Allister also scored off a corner kick from Lionel Messi, helping La Albiceleste gut out another down-to-the-wire thriller and advance to play England on Wednesday in Atlanta. The Three Lions beat Norway 2-1 earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re among the best four,\u201d Alvarez said, \u201cso we\u2019re meeting our objectives, and we knew it wasn\u2019t going to be easy. The whole match was hard, and we would have loved to have the win earlier, but we tried to get the win however we could.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TelemundoSports\/status\/2076148933047263727\" src=\"\/\/iframe.nbcnews.com\/3L7J1wUd?_showcaption=true&amp;app=1\" title=\"X, Telemundo Deportes on Twitter \/ X\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe opponent was really good, but we fought until the end, and finally the goals came.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Messi\u2019s nine-game World Cup scoring streak ended, but his pursuit of a second World Cup title continues. With Argentina and England joining France and Spain in the semifinals, it\u2019s the first time the top four teams in the FIFA rankings have all advanced that far.<\/p>\n<p>The game swung in the second half on a call sure to rile up critics who believe Argentina has been favored by officials.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Swiss had just tied the game on Dan Ndoye\u2019s goal in the 67th minute when Leandro Paredes was shown a yellow card for a tackle on Breel Embolo. But video showed the Swiss player falling before the Argentina midfielder made contact with him, and since Embolo received a yellow card earlier in the match, he was sent off and Switzerland was left to defend with 10 players.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second time a yellow card has been overturned using the \u201cmistaken identity\u201d protocol at the World Cup. The rule allows the video assistant referee to intervene when an incorrect player is shown a yellow or red card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t understand how VAR can make that kind of decision,\u201d Swiss defender Nico Elvedi said.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina, which is riding a 12-match World Cup unbeaten streak, had looked quite beatable in the knockout rounds. Lionel Scaloni\u2019s squad needed extra time to squeak past tiny Cape Verde before rallying from a 2-0 deficit in the final 11 minutes of regulation to beat Egypt and earn a date with Switzerland at the home of the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss, meanwhile, were playing their first World Cup quarterfinal since 1954. They still have never made a semifinal, nor have they beaten Argentina in eight meetings \u2014 three of those in the tournament that matters the most.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2583\">Eiffel Tower, Louvre cut hours as third heat wave since May grips France<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Argentina has made its base for the past month in Kansas City, training at the home of MLS club Sporting Kansas City while winning over thousands of new fans. And on Saturday night, they filled Arrowhead Stadium for the second time this tournament, hoping to see Messi make more magic after his hat trick against Algeria in the same building a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It was brutally hot and humid throughout the day, but the temperatures began to fall with the setting sun, producing a picturesque setting for the 100th match of an expanded World Cup, and the final match of the quarterfinal round.<\/p>\n<p>The defensive-minded Swiss had only conceded three goals in five games, and they dominated the ball in the opening minutes. But leave it to Messi, whose eight goals in the tournament are tied for the most with France\u2019s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, to send a jolt through a heavily pro-Argentina crowd that included Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p>He helped to earn an early corner kick with some nifty footwork, then delivered the ball that Mac Allister turned into a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>For most of the match, the Swiss struggled to break down an Argentina back line that had conceded two goals apiece in its last two games. And it didn\u2019t help their cause that they were playing without Johan Manzabi, one of their best goal-scorers, who remained out with a knee injury after missing their round of 16 penalty shootout win over Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>But after forcing Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez into making a couple of tough second-half saves, the Swiss broke through when Ricardo Rodriguez slipped a tidy pass to Ndoye and he easily found the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever momentum the equalizer gave the Swiss disappeared with Embolo\u2019s red card a few minutes later.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Argentina turned up the pressure with Mac Allister missing wide with a header in the 89th minute, and Messi creating an opportunity in front of the goal that he sent just wide in the second minute of stoppage time, leaving the game tied into extra time.<\/p>\n<p>Just as they have all tournament, La Albiceleste found a way to keep their quest for back-to-back championships alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew this could happen,\u201d Argentina midfielder Thiago Almada said. \u201cThey have top players, very good position, they were trying to find people inside. We knew how to hold up and we made it through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2581\">What we learned from a weeklong Charlie Kirk assassination hearing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juli\u00e1n Alvarez sent defending champion Argentina back to the World Cup semifinals with a long-range strike in the 112th minute against Switzerland that sparked a 3-1 win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Argentina into World Cup semifinals as Juli\u00e1n Alvarez\u2019s 112-minute stunner sparks 3-1 win over Switzerland - 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