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I'm still catching my breath after that mind-blowing second half. France took an early lead from the spot, but Argentina hit back through Di Maria and then Mercado. That sparked France into life who struck thrice in 10 minutes. Aguero's late late goal set the cat amongst the pigeons but France just about managed to hold on to book a berth in the quarters where they will face either Uruguay or Portugal.

That's it from me. Join us in an hour for live coverage of Portugal v Uruguay.

Peeeeep peeeeeep. The ref blows the whistle and ARGENTINA ARE OUT. LIONEL MESSI IS OUT. What a finish to the game.

95' WHAT A CHANCE FOR ARGENTINA. Aguero finds some space on the edge of the box and tries to smack one towards goal but it deflects over the crossbar.

94' Otamendi with a horrific challenge on Paul Pogba and he is carded. Tempers boiling over now

92' Agueroooooooo. This game is not over. Lionel Messi dinks a beautiful ball into the far post and Aguero rises to power it into the net. Argentina need one more and France are under the cosh.

91' 4 minutes to be added on. 4 minutes for Argentina to save their World Cup campaign

90' Argentina refusing to lie down. Di Maria decides to take matters into his own hands and sprints down the right but his cross is well blocked.

89' No hattrick for Mbappe but he's done his job brilliantly. Thauvin the man to replace him

88' Penalty shout for Argentina. Otamendi takes a tumble, but replays show it was Fazio who shoved him to the ground. Oh Argentina are unravelling

88' Argentina throwing everything they've got at France. Freekick now in a decent position but the delivery is poor and danger is averted

87' Messi has come alive. Plays a lovely ball in behind the defence to Aguero but his shot is brilliantly blocked

86' OH LIONEL MESSI! Runs at the heart of the French defence, cuts inside and sends two defenders sprawling, however, he cannot get enough on his shot to trouble Lloris

85' Half chance for Argentina. Meza finds himself through on goal after a mistake from Pavard but he makes a meal of things and the chance is wasted

83' Nabil Fekir replaces Griezmann who walks off to thunderous applause from the French faithful. What a game he has had

83' Stat attack: Every single shot on target has resulted in a goal

82' Messi again tries to find some space to weave his magic but Kante snaps at his heels almost immediately. Messi has been completely neautralized tonight

82' Just as I say that, Messi jigs past Varane and finds Meza on the right. His shot is easily blocked and lands safely in Lloris' hands

80' Argentina look absolutely shellshocked at the moment. Their passing is awry, they seem fatigued and Messi has disappered

76' Oh Mascherano you lucky lucky man. Pavard jogs past him with absurd ease and has his heels clipped. Mascherano is already on a yellow but the ref decides to be lenient this time around

74' Last throw of the dice for Argentina. Meza replaces Pavon while for France Tolisso comes on for Matuidi

73' Pavard goes into the ref's book now.

72' With that goal, Mbappe joins elite company. He becomes the first teenager to score twice in a World Cup match since Pele

70' Sidenetting. Lovely stuff from France again and Griezmann this time finds Giroud in acres of space on the left. He unleashes one at goal but it smashes into the sidenetting

68' GOAAAALLLLL. OHHHH KYLIANNN MBAPPPE DOES IT AGAIN. What a move from France. It all starts from Lloris who plays it to Umtiti. Umtiti finds Pogba in the middle who feeds it to Griezmann who lays it off to Giroud. Giroud plays Mbappe through on goal and he places one into the bottom corner. Henry-esque that. France have rocked Argentina with three goals in 10 minutes

66' Sampaoli has had enough. Perez trots off and Aguero takes his place. What a turnaround this has been. 2 goals in 6 minutes

64' KYLIAN MBAPPEEEEEE. FRANCE TAKE THE LEAD. WHAT A GAME. Pogba plays a sumptuous ball out to the left to Hernandez. His cross finds Mbappe in the middle. His first time shot is well blocked but he gets the rebound, dances past the challenge of Fazio and lashes one into the back of the net, under the despairing dive of Armani

62' I'm still catching my breath after that piece of magic from Pavard. Argentina looking to hit back immediately, but an aimless ball over the top and the move breaks down

60' What a game this is turning out to be. And we still have 30 minutes to play

56' GOAAAAALLL. PAVARDDDD. OH MY LORD. FRANCE EQUALISE. An innocuos ball is delivered into the box from the left and cleared away but only to Pavard prowling on the edge of the box. He lines it up and smashes an absolute screamer first time into the top corner. Unbelievable finish from the right back. Where did he pull that out of? What a way to score your first international goal

54' Freekick for France in a great position. Mbappe delivers a wicked ball into the box but Fazio rises brilliantly to head it away.

52' What can France produce now? They looked in complete command for 40 minutes and have let things slip. The Argentine fans are singing their hearts out and why not? They were 10 minutes away from exiting the World Cup and are now on course to making the quarterfinals

50' OUCH. A horribly late challenge from Banega on Mbappe and he is the latest man to be cautioned

47' GOAAAAAAL. MERCADOOOO. ARGENTINA LEAD. Banega whips the freekick in and it falls to Messi on the edge of the box. Messi curls one towards the far corner and it deflects off Mercado's right boot and into the back of the net. Unbelievable scenes

46' Di Maria sends Pavard back to Paris with a lovely nutmeg. Pavard grabs a fistful of his shirt and brings him down on the edge of the box. Freekick for Argentina in a promising position.

Half-time substitution. Fazio replaces Rojo

We are back for the second half. Argentina looked dead and buried until that Di Maria strike and they now ave their tails up. Can they make it count?

47' Peeeeep. The ref brings an end to an entertaining first period. France took the lead courtesy a Griezmann penalty but a DI Maria wonderstrike drew Argentina level. Plenty to play for in the second half. Join us in 10.

45' 2 minutes of added time to what has been a scintillating first half

45' Pogba is at it again. Picks it up near the halfway line and WALKS at the heart of the Argentina midfield, holding off Mascherano and Banega simultaneously

44' Mascherano too goes into the ref's book for a poor challenge on Kante. He will miss Argentina's next game, if they do make it that far

41' GOAAAALLLLL. DI MARIAAA WHAT A STRIKE. He has been invisible all this while, but what a way to announce his arrival
Di Maria picks it up around 30 yards from goal, moves it to his left, and fires a piledriver into the top corner as Lloris looks on bewildered. What a hit to get Argentina level

40' Flashes wide. End to end stuff here. Pavard finds space on the right and whips one into the box, Giroud towers over his marker, but cannot get on the end of it

37' Great play by Argentina, even better defending by Pavard. Messi with a perfectly weighted pass on the byline and Pavon races onto it before cutting it back towards goal but Pavard gets in the way

36' Messi goes down in the box, no penalty. The ref looks the other way. Lovely build up play on the edge of the French box and it eventually comes out to Di Maria on the left. He plays Messi in behind the defence who goes down under pressure from a couple of French defenders.

34' Let the bodies hit the floor. Otamendi and Giroud clash as they challenge for the same ball and both hit the ground in pain

33' Griezmann, you're better than that. Another France counter and again it's 2 v 2. However, Giroud pushes off to the left while Griezmann plays it in the other direction and the move breaks down

31' Ahh Mbappe overdoes it. France with a rapid counter and Pogba feeds Mbappe on the right. He cuts in and then out again, but is stopped in his tracks by Tagliafico. That's his inexperience showing

30' Sampaoli is pacing up and down the touchline in angst. He's not happy with what he's seeing at the moment. Argentina have had a lot of the ball but haven't troubled Lloris one bit

28' Penalty shout for Argentina. Mercado tries to whip one in, and it deflects off Umtiti's hand and out of play. No penalty there though, his hand was right against his chest.

26' Chance for France. Pogba with a sumptuous ball yet again into Griezmann's path. He dances past the challenge of Tagliafico who tugs at his shirt. Griezmann stays on his feet and tries to square it to Giroud but Armani gets in the way and claims