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Chile have never beaten Argentina in open play in 27 Copa America meetings in 100 years yet have twice in 12 months dashed the hopes of Lionel Messi's team of lifting a major trophy.

The five-time FIFA Player of the Year Messi has won four Champions League titles and eight La Liga crowns with Barcelona, but has never taken a trophy with Argentina.

The Swiss team lost 5-4 after a 1-1 draw on Saturday, their second successive heart-breaking elimination from a major tournament after they were beaten by a last-minute goal in extra time against Argentina at the 2014 World Cup.

In a cagey contest, Michael O'Neill's Northern Ireland largely succeeded in muzzling Gareth Bale, but the Real Madrid star produced a wicked 75th-minute cross that the hapless McAuley turned into his own net.

A second half strike by substitute Jakub Blaszczykowski booked Poland's ticket into the last-16 at Euro 2016 and sent hapless Ukraine home without a point.

Dhanraj Pillay said on Tuesday that they should not end up regretting like he does even now after missing the chance of clinching a medal at the Olympics after four attempts.

Ask any sportsperson, the pinnacle of sporting success for them is to stand on the Olympic podium and see their country's national flag rise in that hallowed arena. It is that dream that pushes them into making sacrifices as they chase Olympic glory.

Midfielder Tomas Rosicky, who only recently returned from injury having missed most of the season for his club Arsenal, clutched the back of his thigh in the dying seconds of the match.

The contrast between the two captains summed up the difference between the teams as Iceland pulled off a shock 1-1 Euro 2016 Group F draw with Portugal on Tuesday.

Exchanges this week between Wales star Gareth Bale and England manager Roy Hodgson represented the latest potshots in an uneven football rivalry that stretches back 137 years.

A group of Russian football supporters are being thrown out of France because it is feared they will cause trouble at Euro 2016 matches, authorities said Tuesday.

The Hungarians, World Cup runners-up in 1954 with their golden generation, last featured in the Euros in 1972 when the final stages were a four-team affair.

Poland had never won a game before at the European Championship, with three draws and three losses over two appearances in 2008 and 2012 –- the latter a tournament that they co-hosted with Ukraine.

Lionel Messi scored a magical hat-trick in 19 minutes as Argentina cruised into the Copa America Centenario quarter-finals with a 5-0 rout of Panama.

"Leo trained normally, he will play," coach Gerardo Martino told a news conference on Thursday.

Anything less than a win over Russia on Saturday could scupper England's Euro 2016 hopes, goalkeeper Joe Hart has warned as Roy Hodgson's new-look Three Lions bid to end 50 years of heartache.