World Cup 2014: Round of 16 Argentina v Switzerland 01/07/14

[SIZE="5"]2014 FIFA WORLD CUP ROUND OF 16

Venue: Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo




Date: Tuesday, 1 July Kick-off: 17:00 BST

Winfried Hitzfeld, the brother of Swiss national coach Ottmar Hitzfeld, has died aged 82, on the eve of Switzerland's World Cup round of 16 match with Argentina.

The Switzerland coach has been informed of the passing of his brother, who died late on Monday night at Basel University Hospital.

In Sao Paulo, the veteran manager took his side through their final preparations for their clash against Argentina.

The news comes as a sad blow for the 65-year-old Swiss coach, who said on Monday that his side's knockout match with World Cup favourites Argentina would be 'the highlight' of his long and glittering career.

“I always prepare on the basis of there being a next match and we know we can continue here.

“This will be a huge sporting challenge. It will definitely be a highlight of my career.

“We have fulfilled a little dream getting to this stage. We want to go on fulfilling those dreams.

“As a coaching staff and a team, we have discussed how we will go on.

"We have already talked about what we will do in the quarter-final. So I don’t think it’s going to be my last match.”

Come on the Argies

Hoping for some more Messi inspired nonsense tbh.

Fancy the Swiss to cause an upset.

EDIT: Realised they've Senderos and the other £#%&!wit from Arsenal at the back, NOT A £#%&!ING CHANCE.

Originally Posted by That Boy Ronaldo!

Fancy the Swiss to cause an upset.

EDIT: Realised they've Senderos and the other £#%&!wit from Arsenal at the back, NOT A £#%&!ING CHANCE.

Did you see them against France? They're £#%&!ing bobbins.

Can see Argentina picking it up in this one tbh, still feel they will reach the final.

Ah the final piece of the jigsaw, need Argentina to progress for BIG money! Should really cover myself and have a bit of Switzerland to qualify at 10/3

Argentina: Romero, Garay, Zabaleta, Gago, Di Maria, Higuain, Messi (capt), Mascherano, Rojo, Fernandez, Lavezzi.

Switzerland: Benaglio, Lichtsteiner, Inler (capt), Xhaka, Behrami, Rodriguez, Mehmedi, Drmic, Djourou, Schar, Shaqiri.

Swiss can cause them problems, but argies will win thanks to messi

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Originally Posted by Big Norm

Did you see them against France? They're £#%&!ing bobbins.

Unlike previous Swiss sides in recent years, they are quite attack minded. This is in many ways admirable, but makes them less likely to pull off any upsets such as v Spain in 2010.

Xhaka FFS

Nobody watching this then? No surprise, it's shite.

Come on lads

What the £#%&!ing £#%&! was that? :shakehead:

ffs

Originally Posted by andyroo

Nobody watching this then? No surprise, it's shite.

Watching it, but its sending me to sleep

Shittest finish ever.

What was the keeper playing at