And it keep getting better.

Day 17 WorldCup2018

Can it not end, please? Best World Cup ever. I love it. I am loving it so much that I'm already sad, and worried, thinking about how I'm going to deal with the void on July 16th. It's feels like the excitement before Christmas but you're already dreading Boxing Day.

Super Saturday really was quite special, Mbappe and Cavani special. France's incredibly talented team got their act together and kicked their game up a few gears once Argentina had taken a very lucky 2-1 lead. The French, at times, played the kind of football we all dream of watching but don't expect to happen in a real, competitive match. The fourth French goal was a lesson in quick movement from one of the pitch to the other with an emphatic finish to round it off.

Uruguay beat Portugal in a very different kind of match. Uruguay had two, maybe three, chances and scored twice. After their first goal they did what they do very well. They defended the lead against Portugal's huffing and puffing. After Pepe took advantage of the Uruguayan's one lapse of concentration to make it 1-1, Uruguay broke out one more time and Canavi scored a second beauty. After that it was back to the art of defending, with a "thou shall not pass" philosophy rarely troubled.

Tomorrow we will wake up to a World Cup without Messi and Ronaldo. Messi couldn't get himself interested enough to make anything happen. I don't get these theory of of how he has to drag his team-mates along with him. I didn't see much effort from him at all. Ronaldo, on the other hand, was chasing the ball and probing without much luck. There was another difference I noticed. While Messi looked like the only player of quality in the Argentinian team (Di Maria was having an off day too), Ronaldo had a bit of quality around him. William Carvalho and Bernardo Silva were pulling the strings for Portugal, with Ronaldo attempting to add more spark ahead of them. But still, with more talent across the team than Argentina, Portugal still didn't have enough to overcome the resolute Uruguayans.

As France and Urugauy move on, two questions need to be answered from today.

How did the back of Luis Suarez's head hurt so much after a blow to his upper back?

What happened to the Uruguayan fan who looked like he might have been accidentally elbowed or punched in the face after Cavani's second beauty. All we got was a quick glimpse in the corner of the TV screen of the poor man being consoled by a friend as mayhem broke out around him.

There are two more last 16 matches tomorrow. Will Russia keep the home party going with a win against Spain? And will Croatia handle the Danes easily to enhance their reputation as one of the favourites. Will it be more super than Super Saturday?