A stunning bicycle kick from Antonio Sanabria and a second-half header from Omar Alderete gave Paraguay a well earned 2-1 home win over Argentina.
The three match-ups which are likely to have a strong bearing on the result in Sunday's FIFA World Cup final.
A summary of Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Brazilian Casemiro struck late to send Manchester United into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest as teenagers Jayden Danns and Lewis Koumas inspired Liverpool to a 3-0 win over Southampton on Wednesday.
The number of assists is used as a tiebreaker to separate players who are level on goals scored. If they are tied on both counts, the winner is decided by who played the fewest minutes.
New Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino underlined the challenges that engulfed Enzo Fernandez, Mykhailo Mudryk and Raheem Sterling in the last season but said he will help the trio.
IMAGES from Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Premier League clubs spend $1 billion for first time in January transfer window
Liverpool resumed their march to a second Premier League title on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over West Ham United.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the Premier League.
A sea of blue-and-white had greeted the teams as they stepped out onto the pitch with an overwhelming majority of the 68,000 capacity crowd sporting Argentina jerseys.
Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee bagged two goals apiece as Manchester United thumped Everton 4-0 on Sunday in new manager Ruben Amorim's first Premier League match at Old Trafford.
Holders Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 with a late Bernardo Silva goal on Saturday to reach the FA Cup final after an absorbing end-to-end Wembley semi-final left the exhausted winners still chasing a domestic double.
The win leaves United in 15th place in the Europa League standings on six points from four games.
Zidane was accompanied on stage by his wife and four sons, who all look good to follow in the footsteps of their father.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Moises Caicedo's blistering second-half strike cancelled out a Bruno Fernandes penalty as Chelsea salvaged a 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Tuesday.
Argentina have called up Mallorca's Spanish defender Pablo Maffeo for the first time ahead of this month's World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil in the squad announced by its FA on Friday.
Manchester City have now won only once in 11 games in all competitions.
The stadium erupted in cheers once more with Fernandez's late strike which sealed Argentina's first win in the tournament and rekindled Messi's hopes of a first-ever World Cup title.
Chelsea came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 3-1 thanks to added time goals from Conor Gallagher and Enzo Fernandez.
Manchester City thrashed West Ham United 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday to claim their first back-to-back wins since October.
Tottenham Hotspur bolstered their hopes for a top-four finish and extended Chelsea's miserable run
Julian Alvarez bagged Argentina's second from close range in the 57th minute after fatal hesitation from Ryan with the ball at his feet following a backpass.
Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne sparked a late comeback 3-2 victory for his side at Newcastle United.
Neymar injured as Brazil lose 2-0 in Uruguay
In the last two World Cup meetings between Argentina and the Netherlands, in the group stage in 2006 and a semi-final in 2014 which the Albiceleste won on penalties, neither side was able to score a goal in normal or extra time.
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup Group C match played between Argentina and Poland on Wednesday.
Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by rifling in the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C, proving he was far from done in the tournament.
An overview of contenders in the race for top scorer at the 2022 World Cup.
'We wanted to compensate for the defeat (against Saudi Arabia). Today it was a great game, we played very well collectively'
Argentina look set to keep Julian Alvarez in attack for Sunday's World Cup final
Chelsea won their first competitive match under coach Mauricio Pochettino with a 3-0 home victory over Premier League new boys Luton Town.
Images from the English Premier League matches played over the weekend.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday night.
Images from the international friendly and Euro qualifying football matches played on Tuesday.
Stopping the stars won't be enough to win World Cup
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane handed a La Liga debut to his son Luca by starting him in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Villarreal in their final Liga game of the season, making the goalkeeper the third Zidane family member to play for the Spanish giants.
Here is what you need to know about their route to the final
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