Argentina lead Belgium 1-0 at halftime

Argentina were leading Belgium 1-0 at halftime thanks to an early goal from striker Gonzalo Higuain in Saturday's World Cup quarterfinal with Lionel Messi again providing their inspiration.
Higuain fired Argentina ahead after eight minutes with a right-foot shot on the turn from the edge of the area that gave keeper Thibaut Courtois no chance, while Messi constantly teased the Belgium defence and went close with a free kick.
Belgium's best effort came midway through the first period when midfielder Kevin De Bruyne let fly from 25 metres, stinging the hands of Sergio Romero, and Kevin Mirallas's diving header flashed just wide of the post before the break...TEAMS:
Argentina: 1-Sergio Romero; 4-Pablo Zabaleta, 15-Martin Demichelis, 2-Ezequiel Garay, 23-Jose Basanta; 6-Lucas Biglia, 14-Javier Mascherano; 22-Ezequiel Lavezzi, 10-Lionel Messi, 7-Angel Di Maria; 9-Gonzalo Higuain
Substitutes: 3-Hugo Campagnaro, 5-Fernando Gago, 8-Enzo Perez, 11-Maxi Rodriguez, 12-Agustin Orion, 13-Augusto Fernandez, 17-Federico Fernandez, 18-Rodrigo Palacio, 19-Ricky Alvarez, 20-Sergio Aguero, 21-Mariano Andujar
Belgium: 1-Thibaut Courtois; 2-Toby Alderweireld, 4-Vincent Kompany, 15-Daniel van Buyten, 5-Jan Vertonghen; 11-Kevin Mirallas, 6-Axel Witsel, 8-Marouane Fellaini; 10-Eden Hazard, 7-Kevin De Bruyne; 17-Divock Origi
Substitutes: 3-Thomas Vermaelen, 9-Romelu Lukaku, 12-Simon Mignolet, 13-Sammy Bossut, 14-Dries Mertens, 16-Steven Defour, 18-Nicolas Lombaerts, 19-Mousa Dembele, 20-Adnan Januzaj, 21-Anthony Vanden Borre, 22-Nacer Chadli, 23-Laurent Ciman
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)..