Two nations chasing World Cup glory will do battle today in a match between Argentina and Switzerland. The 2014 World Cup Round of 16 match scheduled for 12 p.m. ET will be held at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo and can be live streamed here free. A free Spanish language stream of the match can be found here. Free radio coverage here. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN, Univision and ESPN Deportes.
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Argentina enters today's match having captured nine points from three games, but all parties involved understand the need for improvement. Especially right-back Pablo Zabaleta. "We should be happy with our results so far. It's not easy to take nine points from three games at the World Cup," he said (via FIFA). "What's most important though, is that we're improving as the tournament progresses. Against Nigeria, we played better than we had in the previous two games, which was our objective."
"From now on, the slightest mistake can send you home."
His teammate Fernando Gago added, "If you want to grow during a tournament, the key thing is to learn from your mistakes and that's what we've done. We've been improving bit by bit, and now we're in a situation where one point is no longer enough for our opponents. That should open up more space for us, and we'll be able to play to our strengths."
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Player to Watch: Exploiting a suspect Argentine defense falls squarely on the shoulders of Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri. The 22-year-old enters today's match with three goals and an average of 3.7 key passes per match.
Argentina's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Romero; Rojo, Fernández, Garay, Zabaleta; Maria, Mascherano, Gago; Lavezzi, Higuain, Messi
Switzerland's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Benaglio; Rodriguez, Djourou, Schar, Lichtsteiner; Inler, Behrami; Mehmedi, Shaqiri, Xhaka; Drmic
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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