Line-ups: Argentina-Switzerland

Lionel Messi leads the line for Argentina against Switzerland this afternoon, supported by Gonzalo Higuain and Ezequiel Lavezzi.

The Barcelona strikers, who has four goals for the tournament, will play in attack alongside the Napoli and Paris Saint-Germain forwards, as the Albicelestes take on the Europeans in Sao Paulo for a place in the quarter-finals.

Real Madrid’s Angel Di Maria plays in a midfield three comprising Fernando Gago and Javier Mascherano, whilst Coach Alejandro Sabella sticks with the same back four that his seen them go unbeaten in the tournament so far.

Ottmar Hitzfeld meanwhile, continues to play Josip Drmic up front, supported by Bayern Munich’s Xherdan Shaqiri.

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

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

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