Messi cuts inside from the right before playing it square to Mac Allister, whose driven shot from 18 yards out takes a touch off the back of Elvedi before flying behind for a corner-kick.

Messi plays a perfectly weighted ball through the lines for the overlapping Molina, who uses the opportunity to drag a shot towards goal that’s pulled wide of the far post.

GOOD SAVE! For the first time tonight Emiliano Martinez is called into action for real and he delivers - diving across his line to get two hands to Ndoye’s flashed header following Rodriguez’s clipped delivery. Not only does the goalkeeper push it away from danger, he puts it where only a team-mate can get to it, as Tagliafico gathers possession to dribble clear.

Messi drops deep to pick up possession before chipping a pass over the top of the Switzerland defence, looking to involve Gonzalez immediately, but Kobel is off his line in a flash to gather.

KOBEL MAKES THE SAVE! In no particular hurry on the ball, Paredes takes his time in midfield before leaning back to fire a pass over the top for Messi, who brings it down with his chest before attempting a scooped finish that’s pushed away by a quick-thinking Kobel off his line!

GREAT REACTIONS! Messi’s outswinging corner-kick is glanced on at the near post by Amdouni, whose touch takes the ball back to the edge of the 18-yard box. Leaping in to keep the pressure on their opponents, Lisandro Martinez fires an acrobatic scissor-kick that manages to get through the crowd of bodies - forcing Kobel to dive across his line to make a one-handed save!

Amdouni steps into a tackle on Messi just after the captain shifted the ball on to a team-mate, with the referee initially deciding to award advantage, before pulling play back for a set-piece. It’s a free-kick within Messi’s range - just right of centre, 30 yards from goal. The captain pulls rank and strikes the set-piece, looking to pull his side ahead from the free-kick, but he can only send his dispatch straight into the Switzerland wall - which holds firm under the weight of the powerful hit.

Looking to seal the game with one last goal, Messi dribbles with close control into the penalty area before whipping a low shot towards the goalkeeper’s right-hand post that’s blocked and turned behind for a corner by a covering Xhaka.

THAT SHOULD DO IT! 3-1 ARGENTINA! Alvarez pokes possession away from Xhaka deep in Argentina’s half, which lets the Albiceleste break forward on the counter-attack through Almada. After charging into the penalty area and knocking the ball around Jashari cleverly, the substitute has a go at goal himself, but he’s denied by the oncoming Kobel - only for the rebound to fall kindly into the path of Lautaro Martinez for an empty net finish from just outside the 18-yard box!