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FIFA.World.Cup.2014.Quarter.Final.Argentina.vs.Belgium.720p.HDTV.x264-W4F

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  Release Date    2014.07.05
  Air Date        2014.07.05
  Genre           Sports


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 Coverage of the third quarter-final, which takes place at the
 Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil. Argentina and Belgium both
 needed extra time to come through their last-16 contests against
 Switzerland and the USA, in what proved to be two physically
 draining encounters. While his own goal-scoring run came to an end,
 Lionel Messi was instrumental in setting up Angel di Maria for what
 was the only goal of the game against the Swiss, but he remains
 their talisman having scored four of the country's seven goals so
 far in the tournament. Like many among the talented Argentine squad
 he is yet to produce his best form, and should they continue in that
 vain they could well pay for it against a Belgium side that laboured
 to victory during their three group matches, but showed great
 improvement against an American side that would surely have
 succumbed to defeat were it not for the heroics of goalkeeper Tim
 Howard. The veteran stopper made a World-Cup record 15 saves
 throughout the match, but goals from Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu
 Lukaku proved to be enough as the squad that has been labelled as a
 `golden generation' for the country survived a late onslaught to win
 2-1. The side to emerge triumphant in this clash will progress to a
 semi-final against the victors of tonight's other fixture in
 Salvador, which features the Netherlands and Costa Rica. Presented
 by Adrian Chiles, with commentary by Sam Matterface and Clarke
 Carlisle, and analysis by Fabio Cannavaro, Lee Dixon and Gordon
 Strachan. In the event of extra-time and penalties, subsequent
 programmes are subject to change