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2014 WORLD CUP
July 5, 2014  | By David Bianculli

ABC, 12:00 p.m. ET

 
ABC presents the first World Cup quarterfinal game today, and the game, Argentina vs. Belgium, features one of the sport’s biggest current superstars: Argentina’s Lionel Messi. If you’ve followed the team through this year’s World Cup, you’ve seen why he’s earned such high praise. He scored four goals in the three-game group stage, and when he wasn’t scoring, he was assisting, or drawing defenders to him so others could get open. And if you need another reason to root for Argentina, try this: they’re playing Belgium, who just knocked the U.S. team out of the 2014 tournament. Pregame coverage begins at 11:30 a.m. ET.
 
 
 
 
 
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