The World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands boiled over into into a full-scale, benches clearing brawl on Friday. With Argentina leading, 2-1, in the 88th minute, Netherlands ...

He would have been forced to leave the pitch if that happened, which would have left Argentina playing a man down with a 2-1 lead. The confrontation proved to be costly for Argentina, anyway.

LUSAIL, Qatar—The World Cup quarterfinal between Argentina and the Netherlands was the sort of matchup that required little explanation. Here was the nation that invented modern attacking soccer ...