FIFA World Cup 2026, Argentina vs Switzerland Live Score Today: All eyes will be on Lionel Messi in today's game. (Photo: AP)Argentina vs Switzerland Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 Quarterfinal Match Updates: On one side of the field will be Argentina, the defending World Cup champions, boasting a roster that features the likes of Lautaro Martinez, Julián Alvarez and, of course, Lionel Messi, perhaps the greatest player of his generation.On the other side, Switzerland.Yes, the final quarterfinal match Saturday night could hardly seem a bigger mismatch. Argentina has the glitz and the glamour, to say nothing of the stars and the trophies, while the Swiss have never even reached the World Cup semifinals; in fact, they haven’t been to the quarterfinals since 1954, when they lost to Austria in a tournament they hosted.Story continues below this adBut anything can happen on the field as Argentina and the rest of the world learned when the three-time champions struggled to beat Cape Verde, and when La Albiceleste had to rally from a 2-0 deficit in the final 11 minutes to beat Egypt on Tuesday. And that has given hope to a Switzerland team that beat Colombia on penalty kicks to earn a date with the Argentines at Arrowhead Stadium.“We know Argentina has many fine qualities. Few talk about the Swiss qualities,” defensive midfielder and team captain Granit Xhaka said Friday. “Tomorrow we will talk on the pitch, and we will show what we can do, and everything else doesn’t matter.”The winner will play either Norway or England on Wednesday in Atlanta for a spot in the World Cup final.Scroll down to read live updates from the Argentina vs Switzerland gameLive UpdatesJul 12, 2026 03:26 AM ISTARG vs SUI LIVE Updates, FIFA World Cup 2026: ENG 1-1 NOR at halftime in other QFAs you count down to the Argentina vs Switzerland showdown, action is already heating up elsewhere. England and Norway are locked at 1-1 at half-time in their quarterfinal. Andreas Schjelderup gave Norway the lead, but Jude Bellingham responded immediately to level the scores for England. Harry Kane thought he had put his side ahead, but his strike was chalked off for offside.Jul 12, 2026 03:21 AM ISTARG vs SUI LIVE Updates, FIFA World Cup 2026: Argentina SquadArgentina: Juan Musso, Gerónimo Rulli, Emiliano Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico, Gonzalo Montiel, Lisandro Martínez, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Facundo Medina, Nahuel Molina, Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Valentín Barco, Giovani Lo Celso, Exequiel Palacios, Thiago Almada, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernández, Julián Alvarez, Lionel Messi, Nico González, Giuliano Simeone, Nico Paz, José Manuel López, Lautaro Martínez.Jul 12, 2026 03:12 AM ISTARG vs SUI LIVE, World Cup 2026: Switzerland SquadSwitzerland: Gregor Kobel, Yvon Mvogo, Marvin Keller, Miro Muheim, Silvan Widmer, Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji, Ricardo Rodríguez, Eray Cömert, Aurèle Amenda, Luca Jaquez, Denis Zakaria, Remo Freuler, Johan Manzambi, Granit Xhaka, Ardon Jashari, Djibril Sow, Christian Fassnacht, Rubén Vargas, Michel Aebischer, Fabian Rieder, Breel Embolo, Dan Ndoye, Noah Okafor, Zeki Amdouni, Cedric Itten.Jul 12, 2026 03:04 AM ISTArgentina vs Switzerland LIVE Updates, World Cup 2026: Hola!The FIFA World Cup 2026 is hurtling towards its conclusion. Two semifinalists have already been confirmed, while the third spot is currently being decided. The fourth and final semifinalist will be determined in the clash between defending champions Argentina and Switzerland.Lionel Messi's Argentina are just three wins away from a historic title defence. The Kansas City Stadium will host the match, which kicks off at 6:30 AM IST.Stay tuned as we build up to this blockbuster encounter!Argentina's head coach Lionel Scaloni kisses Argentina's Lionel Messi. (FILE photo)The man that cannot control a traffic. It was Diego Maradona’s brutal assessment of Lionel Scaloni when he was appointed the full-time manager of Argentina in 2018. Argentina had a plethora of glittering names to choose from: the cult figure Marcelo Bielsa, the new-age revolutionary Mauricio Pochettino, the angel of dark arts in black suits, Diego Simeone.Yet, to resurrect from the post-Moscow World Cup catastrophe, they turned to a largely unknown and unglamorous man. His club journey was scattered in the mid-table clubs of Italy and Spain. He wore his national stripes only seven times. He briefly managed Sevilla and Argentina’s U-20 squad, before joining the backroom staff of Jorge Sampaoli during his catastrophic reign. The federation chose him, reportedly, because he came cheap, and because he was not egoistic; the simplicity of his upbringing in a farming household in Pujato, Santa Fe, showed.READ MORE FROM SANDIP G© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd