World Cup time travel – July 1.7.2014st, XNUMX: Switzerland narrowly fails against Argentina

Four years earlier, at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Switzerland defeated eventual world champions Spain , but still failed in the preliminary round. At the World Cup in Brazil, the Swiss made it to the knockout phase, but had to bow to Argentina in the round of 16, even though they had brought the eventual runner-up world champions to the brink of defeat.

“So brutal” - Switzerland fails dramatically Switzerland held a 0-0 draw against Argentina for a long time, conceded the decisive goal shortly before the end of extra time - and almost came back.

Angel di Maria scored the much celebrated winning goal in the 118th minute to make it 1-0 for Argentina. Lionel Messi passed the ball into the path of di Maria, who converted from a half-right position. The Swiss, who had been equal for a long time, were eliminated - which also meant the end of the career of coach Ottmar Hitzfeld.

The final phase of extra time offered great drama. After di Maria's goal, the Swiss still had a great chance to escape into the penalty shootout: in the first minute of stoppage time, Blerim Dzemaili's header hit the post, the rebound hit his knee and rolled out of the goal. “In these last three minutes we experienced once again what is possible in a coach’s life,” said Hitzfeld: “Every moment in football remains in my memory. But that had a huge dimension.” Hitzfeld's team hardly allowed any chances Hitzfeld had his team optimally prepared for the game, and as in the 90 minutes, they hardly allowed the Argentines any chances in extra time. The many Argentinian fans became quieter, while the local Brazilian spectators cheered every successful pass from the Swiss.

Swiss goalkeeper Diego Benaglio also had a really strong day. After he had already superbly parried a header from Gonzalo Higuain and two shots from Messi in regular time, he also fished di Maria's shot from the corner in the 109th minute. But he was powerless against Maria's golden goal.

Afterwards, the winning goal scorer di Maria was “just happy that we reached the next round. We fought with heart and soul."

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World Cup time travel – July 1.7.2014st, XNUMX: Switzerland narrowly fails against Argentina

As always during the World Cup, SportNews is looking back today at highlights that happened on the same day at one of the previous World Cups. This time we're just looking back four years to July 1, 2014, to the round of XNUMX between Argentina and Switzerland.

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