Argentina beat Netherlands on penalties

Lionel Messi's conquest to win his maiden World Cup trophy is up against a Dutch challenge in the second quarter-final of the Qatar World Cup at the Lusail Stadium in Doha on Saturday.

Argentina eased past Australia in the Round of 16 while the Netherlands knocked out the USA to reach the quarter-finals.

Netherlands: Andries Noppert, Jurrien Timber, Virgil van Dijk (c), Nathan Ake, Denzel Dumfries, Marten de Roon, Frenkie de Jong, Daley Blind, Cody Gakpo, Memphis Depay, Steven Bergwijn

Argentina: Emiliano Martinez, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez, Marcos Acuna, Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister, Lionel Messi (c), Julian Alvarez

Netherlands get a corner after Otamendi cleared a promising chance for the Dutch. Argentine defence safely negotiate the corner kick

Messi tried to make something happen out of nothing in an evenly matched contest so far. But his left-footed strike went way over the Dutch goal post

Netherlands had their first good chance of the match when Depay managed to get the ball through two Argentine defenders. But Bergwijn seemingly rushed his shot and missed his target by a lot.

Argentina assistant coach Walter Samuel received a yellow card for some unruly behaviour that caught the attention of the referee.

A scintillating pass from Lionel Messi set up Molina for his first international goal, which gave Argentina a 1-0 lead.

Acuna saw a yellow card for his challenge on Timber. But Timber also suffered the same fate for shoving Acuna once after getting back on his feet

Argentine defender Romero was shown a yellow card for a handball.

Dutch substitute Wout Weghorst was shown a yellow card. This is the fourth booking inside the first half of the match

In a first half which saw very few chances for both sides, it was a moment of brilliance from Messi and a calm and composed finish from Molina that gives Argentina a 1-0 lead over the Netherlands halfway into their quarter-final bout.

Netherlands have made two half-time changes. IN - Steven Berguhuis, Teun Koopmeiners. OUT - Steven Bergwjin, Marten de Roon

Messi won a free kick from the edge of the box. Messi took the free-kick and the ball. thankfully for the Dutch, grazed the outside of the net.

Netherlands make another change. De Jong comes in for Blind

Argentina make a change. De Paul goes off the field as Parades replaces him

Acuna was fouled by Dumfries at the edge of the box, and the referee was quick to point to the penalty spot.

Messi stepped up to take the spot kick and unlike the match against Poland earlier in this World Cup, the Argentine captain scored to make it 2-0.

Argentina make two changes. IN: Tagliafico, Pezella. OUT: Romero, ACUNA

Netherlands make one change. Weghorst comes in for Depay

Argentina take Alvarez off. Lautaro Martinez replaces him.

Netherlands scored from their first attempt on target in the match as substitute Weghorst's header give the Netherlands a slimmer of a chance with seven minutes of regular time left in the clock.

Paredes cleared the ball straight to the Dutch dugout, which prompted the Dutch substitutes rush to the field. The referee sorted the chaotic situation shortly and Paredes was shown yellow for his actions.

Netherlands won a free-kick at right at the edge of the box in the second minute of stoppage time. Berghuis took the free-kick but couldn't get it over the Argentine defencive wall

Netherlands won a free-kick at the edge of the box in the final minute of stoppage time. In a brilliant move, Koopmeiners didn't take a direct shot at goal, in stead he gave a short pass to Weghorst, who sent the ball home for the second time in the match to take the game into extra time.

Otamendi once again conceded a free-kick, this time not as close to the Argentine box. But this time the Dutch didn't employ any other special trick and the Argentine defence easily averted the danger.

This time it was Argentina who got a free-kick at the opponent's half. Messi sent a loopy ball inside the box and Otamendi nearly got his foot to the ball, but couldn't make a connection.

Argentina make a substitution. Goal-scorer Molina is replaced by Montial.

Argentina are seemingly preparing themselves for the penalty shootout, as they have subbed in a reportedly half-fit Angel Di Maria in place of defender Lisandro Martinez

Lautaro Martinez's shot from inside the box was seemingly headed towards the goal. But Van Djik was at the right place at the right time for Dutch, as the ball deflected off of him and went behind for a corner.

Enzo Fernandes and German Pezella came close to winning it for Argentina in quick succession, but both of them missed the mark.

Argentine came close to scoring a winner thrice in the last three minutes but fate denied them. Now, the fate of the second quarterfinal of the Qatar World Cup will be decided on a tie-breaker.

Netherlands: Van Djik misses

Argentina: Messi scores

Netherlands: Berghuis misses

Argentina: Paredes scores

Netherlands: Koopmeiners scores

Argentina: Montiel scores

Netherlands: Woghorst scores

Argentina: Fernandes misses

Netherlands: Luk De Jong scores

Argentina: Lautaro Martinez scores

Argentina looked primed to win the match inside 90 minutes, before two late strikes from Weghorst took the match into extra time.

After a barren extra time, the match went to a tie-breaker. Argentina scored their first three, while the Dutch only scored once.

Enzo Fernandes then missed the fourth penalty while Woghurst scored for the Netherlands. Luk De Jong also scored from the Netherlands' final spot kick and it was all up to Lautaro Martinez, who is yet to score in the World Cup.

But Lautaro stepped up when it mattered the most, and Argentina defeated the Netherlands by 4-3 on penalties to progress to the semifinals.

Now, they will face Croatia in the semifinal, which is set to be the last dance for either Argentina's Lionel Messi or Croatia's Luka Modric.