New Delhi, July 11 -- KANSAS CITY - In the last act of the greatest World Cup story of this generation, Lionel Messi walks onto the field at Kansas City Stadium on Saturday carrying the weight of what may be his final genuine chance at a second title. He is 39 years old. He has eight goals in five matches. He has an Opta supercomputer that gives his team a 57.1 percent chance of winning in regulation. None of it changes the fact that Switzerland, a team that spent 72 years waiting for this moment, has nothing to fear.

00 GMT Sunday) matches Argentina's defending-champion pedigree against Swiss resilience that has been the defining story of the tournament's dark horse narrative. Murat Yakin's side topped Group B unbeaten, then defeated Co...