Argentina scored a dramatic 4-3 win over the Netherlands on penalties to enter the FIFA World Cup semifinals on Friday.

The Dutch came back from a two-goal deficit, thanks to a brace by substitute Wout Weghorst to force extra time. Emiliano Martinez was Argentina's hero in the shootout as he made a couple of saves.

Read the match report here:

Earlier, Nahuel Molina and Lionel Messi gave Argentina a 2-0 lead. Molina latched on to a pass from Messi to draw first blood in the 35th minute.

Messi converted a penalty to make it 2-0 in the 73rd minute.

Lionel Messi and Rodrigo De Paul
Lionel Messi and Rodrigo De Paul celebrate Argentina's first goal. Photo: Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach

Weghorst pulled one back in the 83rd and then struck again in added time to make it 2-2.

Argentina will meet Croatia in the first semifinal on Tuesday.

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