FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE 4m ago Advertisement live Updated 59s ago Argentina and Switzerland face each other in the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup in Kansas City today. Lionel Messi is looking to inspire Argentina to another knockout win, while Switzerland have a chance to produce a huge upset against the defending champions. After scraping past Cape Verde and Egypt in the two previous rounds, Argentina will hope for a more assured performance against a side making their first World Cup quarter-final appearance since 1954. Lionel Messi and Argentina may have put six goals in total past Cape Verde and Egypt in their two knockout fixtures, but they came perilously close to exiting this tournament in both matches and showed a defensive vulnerability. Switzerland will look to exploit that through Breel Embolo and Ruben Vargas, although Johan Manzambi — arguably the breakthrough individual of this entire tournament — will be missing again today and he will continue to be a huge miss. Still, if they can again keep it tight at the back they will have a chance. And they will certainly be hard to beat. Fair to say Switzerland’s fantastic achievement in Vancouver will not live long in the memories of many people outside either Switzerland or Colombia. Here are some of the views — and they may well shape your opinions ahead of today’s quarter-final. Adrien H: “Watched it in Zurich with my Colombian friends. The city was on fire, cars honking everywhere and my god, I’m so happy. I thought we could do miracles vs Argentina … if Manzambi fit. One step at a time I guess.” Wade I: “The Swiss are very good. Considering how Canada did now, can comfortably say we had a better tournament than the U.S. — Morocco>Belgium, Swiss>than anyone in the U.S. group.” jutta.strehlow: “Switzerland may be a bit boring but nevertheless, they deserve better than many comments suggest. They play together as a team with well-honed routines more consistently than most other teams, and to com
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