Defibrillator allows driven Daley Blind to play in World Cup quarter-final

DRIVEN: Netherlands' Daley Blind celebrates scoring against the US. Pic: Nick Potts/PA Wire

Netherlands defender Daley Blind would be quite entitled to pinch himself in disbelief when he walks out against Argentina in Friday's World Cup quarter-final.

Not because it will be his 99th international, and a second meeting with Lionel Messi and Argentina after the 2014 semi-final in Brazil, but more that he has been able to continue playing despite twice suffering cardiac incidents on the field.