Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain lines up once again in Argentina’s starting eleven to face Switzerland this afternoon.
Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain lines up once again in Argentina’s starting eleven to face Switzerland this afternoon.
In the penultimate World Cup Round of 16 clash, Coach Alejandro Sabella makes just one enforced change to the team that faced Nigeria last week, with Ezequiel Lavezzi coming in for the injured Sergio Aguero.
Partenopei duo Valon Behrami and Gokhan Inler are both included in Ottmar Hitzveld’s Switzerland line-up, as is Juventus right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner.
Today’s referee in Sao Paulo is Jonas Eriksson of Sweden. Kick-off is at 17.00 BST.
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
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)