:00:59. > :01:05.Good morning. The last two places in the quarterfinals of the World Cup
:01:06. > :01:09.programmes last. Martin Keown is with me. We will show you Belgium
:01:10. > :01:17.against the USA later. We will start with the game in Sao Paulo,
:01:18. > :01:18.Argentina against Switzerland. Watched by Mark Lawrenson and
:01:19. > :01:30.Jonathan Pearce. Can Lionel Messi become the first
:01:31. > :01:33.man since 1930 to score in four successive Argentine World Cup final
:01:34. > :01:39.matches? It is a wonderful, raucous and thrilling atmosphere inside the
:01:40. > :01:44.ground. Argentina have made one change with Sergio Aguero ruled out
:01:45. > :01:50.with a five strain. Ezekiel Lavezzi replaces him. They are looking to
:01:51. > :02:01.make the last eight for the sixth time in eight finals. Switzerland
:02:02. > :02:05.have never won a game beyond the opening-round of the World Cup or
:02:06. > :02:09.European Championship. Fabian Schar brought in to shore up that leaking
:02:10. > :02:14.defence. He stays in there, I'm changed. They have lost just twice
:02:15. > :02:25.in 21 games. Over the last two years. We've had 20 minutes and
:02:26. > :02:34.nothing is really happening. Another corner kick. Argentina came out all
:02:35. > :02:43.over the place. Two against one, from a corner kick. Back into the
:02:44. > :02:50.bottom and that is a good save. And again, Sergio Romero called into
:02:51. > :02:54.action. I don't think he saw that second one until late. The first one
:02:55. > :03:05.was good because he could only save it with his feet. Still going, he
:03:06. > :03:13.stayed on his feet. Switzerland on the counterattack. Josip Drmic, the
:03:14. > :03:23.keeper stayed back. And that was a very weak finish. He is fortunate,
:03:24. > :03:30.Romero. He thought about it again, and in the end, it is such a poor
:03:31. > :03:36.finish from Josip Drmic. Gokhan Inler with a lovely ball forward.
:03:37. > :03:44.Shaqiri, the flag has stayed down. Josip Drmic. By the time he gets the
:03:45. > :03:48.ball, the angle has been closed down. It is virtually impossible to
:03:49. > :03:57.score from there. It was a narrow angle. What will Alejandro Sabella
:03:58. > :04:09.be thinking about at the moment, with his team? What is he doing?
:04:10. > :04:13.Showboating. He cannot be serious. If you were his team-mate, you would
:04:14. > :04:18.be going bananas, would you not? That is the first time they have got
:04:19. > :04:30.behind Rodriguez, for the whole game. That is a better ball in and
:04:31. > :04:37.the keeper has to save well. It was a much better ball in. He stole half
:04:38. > :04:44.a yard on the Swiss defence. Lionel Messi going into the gap the catered
:04:45. > :05:04.by Lavezzi. Gonzalo Higuain, and another big chance has come and
:05:05. > :05:06.gone. Lionel Messi! They are almost playing a front three now,
:05:07. > :05:28.Argentina, Zabaleta, following that up. Seven
:05:29. > :05:33.Swiss players in their own penalty area, plus the goalkeeper. The
:05:34. > :05:39.goalkeeper blocks. Argentina claim a penalty. The goalkeeper is injured,
:05:40. > :05:47.that is the first thing. The Swiss are complaining about a foul on the
:05:48. > :05:54.goalkeeper. Rodrigo Palacio came in for the rebound. Was there a foul on
:05:55. > :06:05.him? Three minutes of added time signalled.
:06:06. > :06:16.I wonder whether they will let Fabian Schar, the centre-half, he is
:06:17. > :06:26.standing offside at the moment, he has got himself back onside. In it
:06:27. > :06:33.comes towards Fabian Schar. Lavezzi was well pleased, wasn't he? He
:06:34. > :06:38.could not keep it down. That is one backed by Lionel Messi. And the
:06:39. > :06:46.final whistle blows of the 90 minutes. We will have an extra 30
:06:47. > :06:59.minutes of extra time. Argentina and Switzerland, 0-0. Lionel Messi. Can
:07:00. > :07:09.you change it in the blink of an eye? Angel Di Maria, he has gone for
:07:10. > :07:14.it. Splendid save. He has redeemed himself in one sweet moment there,
:07:15. > :07:25.Angel Di Maria. He struck it well, but it is a comfortable save.
:07:26. > :07:34.Rodrigo Palacio, back to the substitute left-back.
:07:35. > :07:48.Angel Di Maria. He cut inside. That came off Johan Djourou, didn't it? I
:07:49. > :07:55.think so. He did well, actually. Lionel Messi with the corner kick.
:07:56. > :08:00.Away to Angel Di Maria. Never in a month of Sundays. For a player who
:08:01. > :08:09.had such a magnificent season with Real Madrid, a magnificent Champions
:08:10. > :08:21.League final. Lionel Messi with the run. Can he finally win it? And it
:08:22. > :08:25.is Angel Di Maria! As soon as it broke away from Switzerland and went
:08:26. > :08:31.to the feet of Lionel Messi, you thought something might happen. It
:08:32. > :08:38.is as though he knew exactly where he was going. Once he goes, Lionel
:08:39. > :08:43.Messi, he waits, and that is a great finish. For a boy who has had such a
:08:44. > :08:48.bad day, that is a sensational finish, because he could have
:08:49. > :08:57.panicked, and he just placed the ball past the goalkeeper. That is a
:08:58. > :09:03.cool finish in the circumstances. Well it may not be the winning goal.
:09:04. > :09:09.He has had an absolute stinker. That is a cynical foul on Rodriguez. We
:09:10. > :09:17.are into the last ten seconds. Three minutes of stoppage time. Gokhan
:09:18. > :09:25.Inler with the free kick. That came off Haris Seferovic. You could tell
:09:26. > :09:32.by the way that they were rushing to get the ball. The goalkeeper is up.
:09:33. > :09:39.Up comes the good in. -- Diego Benaglio. That was an adventurous
:09:40. > :09:51.overhead. The goalkeeper is still up there. Unbelievable! Blerim Dzemali
:09:52. > :09:54.could not connect with the rebound. None of the Argentine players went
:09:55. > :10:01.for it. They had no idea what happened. That is such a good
:10:02. > :10:08.header. It was down and away from the goalkeeper. How unlucky is
:10:09. > :10:17.that? Switzerland, like Algeria, Nigeria, Mexico,
:10:18. > :10:21.that? Switzerland, like Algeria, close, only to fail at the last
:10:22. > :10:26.hurdle. Rodriguez put, and the goalkeeper has stayed up there. Now
:10:27. > :10:35.Angel Di Maria is beyond one defender. He has gone for it. He has
:10:36. > :10:47.not scored, but he is wasting valuable seconds. Still, the Swiss
:10:48. > :10:52.push on. Haris Seferovic. Xherdan Shaqiri, onto his left foot, he is
:10:53. > :11:03.brought down by Ezekiel Garay. He is claiming a dive. Where does the
:11:04. > :11:10.goalkeeper stand. Xherdan Shaqiri to keep Switzerland in it. Argentina
:11:11. > :11:19.celebrate. Argentina are through. It is all over. This therefore Diego
:11:20. > :11:31.Benaglio, beating after 118 minutes. And Angel Di Maria, Argentina into
:11:32. > :11:36.the quarterfinals again. 1-0, four Argentina against Switzerland. It
:11:37. > :11:39.was not the greatest of games, but like so many Argentina games,
:11:40. > :11:44.settled by a moment of brilliance by Lionel Messi. It was a great run
:11:45. > :11:49.from him and Angel Di Maria does the rest, a player who was out of sorts
:11:50. > :11:57.in the match. He did not realise how badly he was playing. It was such a
:11:58. > :12:00.bad evening for him. And the bad evening in general for Argentina.
:12:01. > :12:05.You cannot see them winning the competition. But they have got into
:12:06. > :12:09.the next round, and Lionel Messi is a revelation. I thought he was
:12:10. > :12:13.trying to take people on a little bit too much, but they got there, in
:12:14. > :12:18.the end. Is there a danger for the Argentina players that no matter how
:12:19. > :12:22.badly they feel that they are playing themselves, they expect
:12:23. > :12:26.Lionel Messi to get them out of it. He can attract offenders and shift
:12:27. > :12:31.the ball quickly and make space for others. Gonzalo Higuain is
:12:32. > :12:35.completely out thought. They need Sergio Aguero back from injury.
:12:36. > :12:39.Lionel Messi cannot keep doing it all on his own. If they want to win
:12:40. > :12:44.it, they are going to have to regroup. In that first game against
:12:45. > :12:50.Bosnia he was described as changing the game. He has not scored an
:12:51. > :12:55.international goal for 11 months. He does not look like he is going to
:12:56. > :13:03.change that any time soon. Mascherano is playing well in them
:13:04. > :13:06.at field. -- in their midfield. I would like the best place to be
:13:07. > :13:11.still in there, and he is certainly one of them. That left 1/4-final
:13:12. > :13:12.place Upper grabs. Who would be the opponents of
:13:13. > :13:15.place Upper grabs. Who would be the opponents Argentina in the last
:13:16. > :13:22.eight, Belgium or the USA? Time for a superhero. In a nation's time of
:13:23. > :13:26.need, 23 men have come together from across the globe to wear the red,
:13:27. > :13:34.white and blue in the fight for glory. From England, from Germany,
:13:35. > :13:39.superhuman strength from within and from Captain America himself,
:13:40. > :13:46.lightning strikes and a will to win. Together this force field shielding
:13:47. > :13:53.them from the threat of elimination. The leader on this quest is a true
:13:54. > :13:58.World Cup superhero. But they will have to have their wits about them
:13:59. > :14:02.as they face the inventive and fearless stars of Belgium. They will
:14:03. > :14:05.be hoping to make the headlines and live up to their billing as genuine
:14:06. > :14:10.contenders for the trophy. They have been far from exceptional but they
:14:11. > :14:15.seem to have the inside story on their opponents. With their faces
:14:16. > :14:18.familiar all about the world, there can be no hiding place if they find
:14:19. > :14:23.themselves in a tricky spot, tonight. In this long overdue World
:14:24. > :14:25.Cup sequel, these two nations will do battle for supreme justice in
:14:26. > :14:54.Salvador. been in front for a total of 24
:14:55. > :14:56.minutes so far. On the whole, their performance has been a
:14:57. > :15:10.disappointment, none more though the Romelu Lukaku. Vincent Kompany is
:15:11. > :15:26.fit after having a niggling groin injury. The United States have one
:15:27. > :15:32.one, drawn one and lost one. Geoff Cameron is on in midfield and
:15:33. > :15:40.Alejandro Bedoya is the only other change. The earliest goal Belgium
:15:41. > :15:53.scored with the 78th minute winner against South Korea. The kid nearly
:15:54. > :16:13.scored by 40 seconds there! That is the pace he's got. A good save from
:16:14. > :16:22.Tim Howard. Good interplay with Bradley. Couldn't quite get it out
:16:23. > :16:39.off his feet. A comfortable save for devout core draft. -- Thibaut
:16:40. > :16:50.Courtois. They are in real trouble here. Kevin De Bruyne puts it wide.
:16:51. > :17:06.That was a brilliant chance. Loses it midfield.
:17:07. > :17:12.That is beautiful. Jan Vertonghen could've pulled it back, instead it
:17:13. > :17:39.is a way. DaMarcus Beasley did well. Lovely ball in by Jan Vertonghen. It
:17:40. > :17:46.was tempting and inviting and two of them went for it and neither of them
:17:47. > :17:54.got a touch. He does have options off the bench and he's used well,
:17:55. > :18:01.the Belgium coach. Three of his substitutions have scored for him in
:18:02. > :18:12.the tournament so far. A great header, just nudged the top of the
:18:13. > :18:29.crossbar. Much better pressure from Belgium. A good save by Tim Howard
:18:30. > :18:35.there. They are really up against it at the moment, the United States.
:18:36. > :18:44.That would've been the goal of the tournament. That would've been as
:18:45. > :19:02.good as anything we've seen. Great technique, this.
:19:03. > :19:13.Lovely footwork by Kevin Mirallas. Just get fit into the ground, it's
:19:14. > :19:20.not a clean strike. He will be disappointed by that. Normally the
:19:21. > :19:22.closer you get to 90 minutes, the more cagey and cautious it gets, but
:19:23. > :20:00.no sign of that. Lovely ball, Kevin Mirallas onside
:20:01. > :20:07.and I think Tim Howard got something on it. He did, it will be a corner.
:20:08. > :20:25.What a save. Three times now, Tim Howard. Jermaine Jones has made
:20:26. > :20:28.What a save. Three times now, Tim great run. Vincent Kompany comes
:20:29. > :20:40.across to say that is enough of that. Superb defending from Binns
:20:41. > :21:09.Co. He read that so well. -- from Vincent Kompany.
:21:10. > :21:28.Hold on, here is Romelu Lukaku. And it is 1-0 Belgium! Kevin De Bruyne!
:21:29. > :21:31.Great finish. Batman Romelu Lukaku causing the problems. Strength and
:21:32. > :21:42.power, fresheners. They couldn't cope with it. I actually thought he
:21:43. > :21:52.was going to go on his own. Really composed, isn't it. Yes, that is the
:21:53. > :22:06.perfect world. -- the perfect word. Top goal-scoring.
:22:07. > :22:22.2-0! Belgium is heading to Brasilia, where they will face
:22:23. > :22:30.Argentina. Romelu Lukaku would be second surely winning goal. Takes
:22:31. > :22:37.his time, a perfectly weighted pass. That is exactly the finish we would
:22:38. > :22:39.expect at the season at Everton. Confident, powerful. You can see the
:22:40. > :23:00.smile on his face. Oh, Diaz scored! What a fantastic
:23:01. > :23:23.goal and! Julian Green for the United States! What a moment for
:23:24. > :23:40.that young man. Onside. Just off the edge of his town. -- his toe. Listen
:23:41. > :23:48.that young man. Onside. Just off the to the noise. Cameron is driving
:23:49. > :23:59.forward. Oh, it is just wide. It is wide by a whisker. Jermaine Jones. I
:24:00. > :24:18.can't believe what I'm watching. Talk about turning a game around.
:24:19. > :24:35.Howard again. Howard again. Two of them couldn't stop him, but Howard
:24:36. > :24:46.did. Jones blocked by Vincent Kompany. A free kick for the USA.
:24:47. > :24:51.The Belgium manager looks more nervous than he did five minutes
:24:52. > :25:04.ago. They were virtually celebrating it. A brilliant save! What a free
:25:05. > :25:19.kick! That is the best free kick in the World Cup so far. And if you
:25:20. > :25:34.want anyone on the end of it, it is Thibaut Courtois. What a ball.
:25:35. > :25:50.Belgium are through. But what a scare. They are then run into the
:25:51. > :25:53.ground, the Belgians. We will come onto the side that won that game in
:25:54. > :26:00.just a moment but you have to give something to the USA their work.
:26:01. > :26:04.Truly amazing. They are so proud, the Americans. They just did not
:26:05. > :26:08.know when they would beat in. I don't think anybody wanted it to go
:26:09. > :26:15.to extra time, but once it did, I wanted them to take it back. Their
:26:16. > :26:19.attitude, they are never beaten. You could see their manager losing and
:26:20. > :26:22.squeezing out a little bit more from his team. They were so unlucky they
:26:23. > :26:29.didn't take it to penalties in the end. They were unlucky because they
:26:30. > :26:35.had chances. The free kick they had was incredibly well worked. Yes,
:26:36. > :26:46.Jones in that midfield, Gonzales at the back. Bradfield, the midfield
:26:47. > :26:49.maestro. Let's just hope the game continues to grow there. We wanted
:26:50. > :27:01.to be the number one sport in America. Yet again, Belgium reliant
:27:02. > :27:08.on a substitute, Romelu Lukaku who came on and change the game. To be
:27:09. > :27:16.honest, he's been like a pussy cat so far. Tonight, he changed. He was
:27:17. > :27:19.angry and he is a frightening sight. He is really at the top of his form.
:27:20. > :27:24.It will be interesting to see if he starts the next match. Kevin De
:27:25. > :27:29.Bruyne at the end grabbing the goal they needed in extra time. So often,
:27:30. > :27:38.the goal comes early in that extra time period. No, it's been a
:27:39. > :27:45.fantastic competition. Looking forward now to the latter stages. As
:27:46. > :27:50.Martin says, it gets better and better. We are down to the last
:27:51. > :27:51.eight. One of these teams will be your World Cup winner. We will see
:27:52. > :28:16.you at the weekend. The post! Brazil win in the most
:28:17. > :28:26.romantic of circumstances. This was not joy. This was pure relief. Are
:28:27. > :28:33.in chanting game is a universal language. Wherever you are, the same
:28:34. > :28:44.emotions stir. We wonder at the genius. Magic! Sheer brilliance!
:28:45. > :28:51.There is devastation at defeat seized from the jaws of victory.
:28:52. > :28:55.They have broken Mexican hearts. We have welcomed the world to our
:28:56. > :29:06.beautiful country, but it is time for some to leave. No one wants to
:29:07. > :29:10.go home early. Not yet. Those that remain continue with the carnival.
:29:11. > :29:12.go home early. Not yet. Those that This should be fun, no? Only in
:29:13. > :29:15.victory.