Argentina are one of the favorites to win the World Cup. They have yet to play like it. Granted, the Albiceleste are one of just three teams at this tournament who managed three wins in their three group-stage games. But each came by only one goal, and their overreliance on the inimitable Lionel Messi remains a concern.
Switzerland do not have a lot of star power, and they got lit up for five goals by France. In their other two games, however, the Swiss looked good, taking care of business with wins over Ecuador and Honduras. If Argentina continue to underperform, this could be a very tight contest.
Lionel Messi has finaly come to life on international stage as he single handedly guided a very average Argentina side to the knockout stages with four superbly taken goals.
His team will come up against Switzerland in the first knockout game and the winner of this match will be taking on either Belgium or USA. The game will be played.
Here is a look at Argentina vs Switzerland 2014 World Cup, Round of 16: Date Time Telecast Channels.
Match: Argentina vs Switzerland 2014 World Cup Match, Round of 16
Date: 1 July, 2014
Time: 12:00 Local | 16:00 GMT | 21:00 PKT | 21:30 IST
Venue: Arena Corinthians, São Paulo
Argentina: Sergio Romero; Marcos Rojo, Federico Fernández, Ezequiel Garay, Pablo Zabaleta; Ángel di María, Javier Mascherano, Fernando Gago; Ezequiel Lavezzi, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lionel Messi.
Switzerland: Diego Benaglio; Stephan Lichtsteiner, Fabian Schär, Johan Djourou, Ricardo Rodríguez; Gökhan Inler, Valon Behrami; Admir Mehmedi, Xherdan Shaqiri, Granit Xhaka; Josip Drmić.
TV Coverage: ABC, ESPN, Tan Action, Star Sports, SkySports 1 HD, Sky Sports 3D, Fox Soccer, Al Jazeera sports, BBC Sport live, PTV Sports, ESPN Brazil, Sony Six, ESPN USA, Fox Sports
plz play the match argitine vs hollanad 2nd semi final 2014 fifa world cup