Key events3h agoPreambleWorld Cup Daily has landed, with Max Rushden joined by Barry Glendenning, John Brewin, Lars Sivertsen and Leander Schaerlackens to discuss all of last night’s shenanigans. Turn on, tune in, drop out.Switzerland continue to fume about the use of the “mistaken identity” rule to send off Breel Embolo for simulation last night, this after Leandro Paredes had initially been booked for fouling the forward. Murat Yakin, Switzerland’s head coach, has found himself in the strange position of having to argue that Paredes should never have been booked in the first place because, had he not been shown a yellow card, VAR could not have intervened to erase it and punish Embolo instead. “There was definitely no reason to award that yellow card [to Paredes], I don’t understand it,” Yakin said. “It was a harmless situation. I don’t understand why the decision was made and our player was sent off.“This rule destroyed our game today. I think it is extremely hurtful. We are not going to go to the semi-finals but I think we deserved to be there. To be eliminated that way hurts a lot, but I can tell you we are very proud of our performance in this tournament.”Breel Embolo (right) wells up after being sent off. Photograph: Xinhua/ShutterstockPablo Iglesias Maurer was at Kansas City Stadium to watch Argentina triumph, and he has some thoughts, which you can read right here:Morning (BST)! Was there a football match last night? You’d never know it from the sea of crumpled tinnies, suspect splashes on the pavement and occasional lost soul in an England shirt, dazed and bleary-eyed, still wandering the streets on my commute in.Of course, there wasn’t just one match, but two, with Argentina beating Switzerland 3-1 after extra time to set up an epic semi-final against Thomas Tuchel’s brave boys. Let’s start with the reaction of Lionel Scaloni, Argentina’s head coach, who has been very keen to stress that it’s going to be a football match, as he aims for a rare double of a World Cup and a World Stating The Obvious award.Jonathan HowcroftThat’s enough from me for now. It’s over to Will Magee to keep you updated for the next little while.There will be plenty of coverage of the 1986 quarter-final in the coming days. Take every opportunity you can to enjoy Bryon Butler’s commentary of Diego Maradona’s solo goal that sealed England’s fate in the Azteca.I’m sure IFAB mean well, but if they could put things back to how they were around 1998 and then all get in the bin, that would be terrific, cheers.Allow content provided by a third party?This article includes content hosted on embed.bsky.app. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as the provider may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'.If VAR is supposed to help, why do so many football fans hate it? – videoEngland’s reward for downing Norway is… a semi-final date with Argentina. That’s right, England v Argentina in a World Cup knockout match in North America. What could possibly go wrong?The defending champions have not been at their best in the knockout stages and they required the good fortune of a VAR intervention to send off Switzerland’s Breel Embolo and gift them the upper hand in the Kansas heat.