From the Sports Desk: Argentina’s great escape

Lionel Messi scored another goal — his eighth of the tournament — to help his team to one of the great World Cup comebacks, a 3-2 win over Egypt despite trailing by two with only 11 minutes of regulation time to play.

Lionel Messi scored another goal — his eighth of the tournament — to help his team to one of the great World Cup comebacks, a 3-2 win over Egypt despite trailing by two with only 11 minutes of regulation time to play. And in the final round of 16 matchup, Switzerland beat Colombia 4-3 in a penalty shootout after a scoreless draw.

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There are no games today, so head to the NBC News team’s World Cup page to follow all the latest in the buildup to the quarterfinals.

On paper, it looked like a round of 16 mismatch. The three-time winner and reigning champion, Argentina, versus an Egypt team in the World Cup’s knockout stages for the first time.