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Cristiano Ronaldo
Argentina beats Belgium, reaches semifinals
Argentina beats Belgium, reaches semifinals

Now that Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez and James Rodriguez have gone home and Brazil’s Neymar has gone to the hospital, this World Cup belongs to Argentina’s Lionel Messi. And nobody knows that better then the players on Belgium’s team, who pushed, pummeled and otherwise punished Messi for most of Saturday afternoon, only to see Argentina and its unflappable captain emerge with a 1-0 victory that sends it on to Wednesday’s semifinal. Argentina, which got the only goal it needed from Gonzalo Higuain in the eighth minute, advances to the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1990. It will meet the winner of Saturday’s late game between the Netherlands...