
Argentina and Switzerland meet again in the World Cup knockout stage on Saturday carrying memories of a tense match 12 years ago in Brazil, when Angel Di Maria’s extra-time strike finally broke Swiss resistance and sent Lionel Messi’s side through.
Much has changed since that round-of-16 clash in Sao Paulo.
Back then, Argentina were trying to balance the brilliance of Messi at his peak with the burden of ending a






