As Julian Alvarez sent the ball swerving into the Swiss top corner, for arguably the goal of the World Cup so far, it was almost too perfect. Not just the quality of the strike, but what it means.
Up in Fifa’s VVIP box, far above the customarily ecstatic Argentine celebrations, Conmebol president and Gianni Infantino confidante Alejandro Dominguez was celebrating almost as wildly. It was quite the reaction for a Paraguayan, who grabbed Argentine football chief Claudio Tapia as if he was from the country himself.
