LEANDRO PARADES sparked a mass melee after booting the ball directly at the Netherlands bench.<br /><br />The Argentina midfielder, 28, made a cynical foul as he slid in on Nathan Ake right in front of the dugouts.<br /><br />And after committing the blatant trip, he got up to smash the loose ball straight at the Dutch subs - although it flew over their heads.<br /><br />The furious Holland stars raced on to the field in fury desperate to get revenge on the on-loan Juventus man.<br /><br />Skipper Virgil van Dijk also sprinted across from defence to back up his team-mate, brutally barging Paredes to the ground.<br /><br />It was experienced wind-up behaviour from the Argentina star with his side hoping to close out a quarter-final World Cup win.<br /><br />Both Paredes and Van Dijk were booked for their role in the 88th-minute flashpoint - as Martin Keown singled out the former for sparking the late drama.<br /><br />BBC co-commentator Keown declared: "He's caused a riot there."<br /><br />Some fans at home felt Paredes was lucky to escape being sent off - one booking for the foul and another for kicking the ball.<br /><br />But others were just delighted to see him get smashed by Van Dijk.<br /><br />One wrote: "Van Dijk sent Paredes FLYING."<br /><br />Another said: "So happy Virgil sent the lunatic Leandro Paredes to Mars. Deserved it."<br /><br />A third added: "Virgil bodies Paredes back to Argentina."<br /><br />And a final user joked: "Paredes got ran over by the Van Dijk express."<br /><br />Argentina looked in total control, leading 2-0 with seven minutes to go.<br /><br />But super-sub Wout Weghorst pulled one back on 83 minutes.<br /><br />Then after the melee, the fourth official added an extra ten minutes of injury time.<br /><br />And in the 11th of those, Weghorst struck again with a brilliantly-worked free-kick routine to equalise and force extra-time.<br /><br />The winner will face Croatia in the semi-final on Tuesday after the 2018 finalists stunned Brazil on penalties.
