Another Latin American team will be joining Uruguay in the quarter-finals this evening.

Mexico almost opened the scoring in the eighth minute, when Carlos Salcido unleashed a cracking shot from the left that crashed off the crossbar.

A few minutes later, Lionel Messi tried to chip Oscar Perez at the other end.

Drama in the 25th minute when Lionel Messi sent Carlos Tevez through; Oscar Perez came out; the ball fell to Messi again, who chiped the ball forward to Tevez - clearly in an offside position. Tevez just headed the ball into the net and turned to celebrate; while Maradona jumped for joy on the touchline.

The Mexicans protested the goal, everyone ran over to the linesman, the referee joined in. Heated moments, huge mistake in the second game today but the score was already up on the scoreboard and Roberto Rosetti pointed to the centre-circle.

Argentina started to look as they were going to run riot and tear the Mexican defence apart, like Germany did to England; when Gonzalo Higuain notched up his fourth goal of the tournament.

The Mexicans, who had started so well, began to look as though their tournament was over.

Half-time: 2:0

Mexico started the second-half well but Carlos Tevez hurt them again with a beautiful strike from the edge of the area in the 52nd minute.

With less than twenty minutes to go, Javier Hernandez gave Mexico some hope when he pulled a goal back with a swift turn, a few quick steps and a shot into the roof of the net.

In the closing minutes, Lionel Messi was once again denied a goal, probably because the players he beat were along the outside edge of the box and he shot from too far out. Maradona might have dribbled in closer.

Argentina 3 Mexico 1