Argentina reach World Cup semi with Alvarez’s extra-time stunner and Embolo red under 'mistaken identity' ruling
Argentina defeated Switzerland 3-1 after extra time to book a semi-final against England, with Julian Alvarez curling in a superb winner in the 112th minute and Lautaro Martinez adding another late goal after Dan Ndoye had equalised earlier; Lionel Messi was quiet but influential late on. The main talking point was Breel Embolo’s red card, awarded following a VAR review that invoked the World Cup’s mistaken-identity rule, overturning a prior yellow and sending Embolo off for what appeared to be a dive.
