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Argentina hero Emiliano Martinez advised Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal to "keep his mouth shut" and described the referee as "useless" after their bad-tempered quarter-final win.

After the shocking Quarter Finals on "Fantastic Friday," with Croatia beating Brazil and the Netherlands sent off by Argentina, will the last eight games between Portugal and Morocco as well as England and France bring us a "Sizzling Saturday"? A "Scintillating Saturday? "Super Saturday" seems plain humdrum really.

The Aston Villa goalkeeper has hit out at the Spanish official, who handed out 16 yellow cards in the World Cup quarter-final

The South Americans are through to a World Cup semi-final clash with Croatia.

LUSAIL, Qatar — Lionel Messi's World Cup hopes are still alive, but Tuesday's quarterfinal win over the Netherlands didn't come easily and it didn't come quickly — nor did Messi do it alone.

Argentina booked their place in the World Cup semi-finals with a win on penalties over the Netherlands, but the ill-tempered nature of the game continued during their celebrations

Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst was inconsolable at the final whistle as his nation were edged out by Argentina in their World Cup quarter-final showdown on penalties despite his intervention off the bench

In an utterly compelling and gritty quarter-final encounter, Argentina scraped past the Netherlands on penalties to keep Lionel Messi's World Cup dream alive

In Lionel Messi’s World Cup swansong, La Albiceleste head to Qatar in ‘win or bust’ mode