Lichtsteiner holds hands up as Swiss bow out

Ottmar Hitzfeld's team frustrated their illustrious South American opponents for long periods of an attritional contest before Angel di Maria clinically broke the deadlock with an extra-time winner after 118 minutes in Sao Paulo.

Lichsteiner chased back in vein having been dispossessed by Argentina substitute Rodrigo Palacio, who set Lionel Messi on a driving run to tee up Di Maria.

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