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HOW DID ARGENTINA QUALIFY FOR THE ROUND OF 16?
* The top two in each World Cup group advance to the last 16.
The knockout rounds, which began on Dec. 3, feature one-off
matches, which can go to extra time and penalties to decide the
winners.
* Argentina recovered from their shock defeat to Saudi Arabia
with back-to-back wins over Mexico and Poland to finish as
winners of Group C.
HOW DID ARGENTINA REACH THE QUARTER-FINALS?
* Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez scored in Argentina's 2-1 win
over Australia in their Round of 16 tie.
HOW DID ARGENTINA REACH THE SEMI-FINALS?
* Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-3 in a penalty shootout in
their quarter-final tie, after Nahuel Molina and Lionel Messi's
goals were cancelled out by a brace from Dutch substitute Wout
Weghorst.
WHO ARE ARGENTINA'S OPPONENTS IN THE SEMI-FINALS?
* Argentina will face Croatia in the semi-finals, after the 2018
finalists beat favourites Brazil on penalties.
WHO COULD ARGENTINA FACE IN THE FINAL?
* If Argentina go all the way to the final, they could
potentially find themselves taking on either 2018 champions
France (Group D winners), England (Group B winners), Portugal
(Group H winners) or Morocco (Group F winners).
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ed Osmond,
William Mallard and Himani Sarkar)
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