Argentina’s World Cup built on ‘suffering’ faces its biggest test in England | Pablo Iglesias Maurer

The defending champions have taken two of their three knockout-round matches to extra-time. England awaits

• Argentina topple Swiss with two goals in extra time

• Switzerland hit out at VAR after ‘mistaken identity’ check

Throughout the whole of the World Cup – from the first match through Saturday’s 3-1 quarter-final win – Lionel Scaloni has been asked one question over and over again: what does he consider the legacy of this Argentina side?

Scaloni has been the head coach of Argentina for nearly eight years and his own personal legacy has long been solidified, as have those of many of his players on the pitch against Switzerland on Saturday night. Scaloni ended a three-decade trophy drought, brought the country its third World Cup and won a pair of Copa Américas to boot. He is Argentina’s most successful coach and, while his appointment was controversial at the time, he is now almost universally revered there.

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