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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rob Smyth

Argentina into World Cup semi-final after beating Netherlands on penalties – as it happened

 Netherlands' Virgil van Dijk has his shot saved by Argentina's Emiliano Martinez during the penalty shoot-out.
Netherlands' Virgil van Dijk has his shot saved by Argentina's Emiliano Martinez during the penalty shoot-out. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

PS: there were – and you can say this in a Begbie voice if you want - 16 yellow cards. And that’s just the players; at least one of Argentina’s coaching team was also booked.

Updated

After that weirdly wonderful game, it’s time for a lie-down. Thanks for all your emails tonight; it was so frantic towards the end that I had to shut my inbox in the interests of sanity-preservation. I’ll leave you with Ben Fisher’s report from the Lusail Stadium. Goodnight!

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