The Best Players in the World can't Compete at the World Cup

50/64 through the World Cup and we got to see Ronaldo help off Uruguay's Edinson Cavani before Uruguay helped Portugal out of the tournament. Ronadlo's nemesis Lionel Messi already was shown the door by an eager French side in the morning edition. The two talents will be missed on the World's biggest stage, but football is a team sport and the better 11  advanced in both cases.

France 4:3 Argentina

Antoine Griezmann (pk) 13' 1-0

Angel Di Maria 41' 1-1

Gabriel Mercado 48' 1-2

Benjamin Pavard 57' 2-2

Kylian Mbappe 64' 3-2

Kylian Mbappe 68' 4-2

Sergio Aguero 90+3' 4-3

			France		vs	Argentina
	Result	Points	C1	Score	Points	D2	Score	Points	Total
Artifex	France	0	France	2	0	Iceland	1	0	0
Fortuitous	Croatia	0	France	1(1)	0	Croatia	1(5)	0	0
Historicus	Peru	0	Peru	2	0	Nigeria	1	0	0
IoannesNix	Nigeria	0	France	1	0	Nigeria	2	0	0
Musicus	France	0	France	3	0	Iceland	1	0	0
Praeceptor	France	0	France	3	0	Iceland	2	0	0
Scriptor	France	0	France	2	0	Iceland	0	0	0

 Uruguay 2:1 Portugal

Edinson Cavani 7' 1-0

Pepe 55' 1-1

Edinson Cavani 62' 2-1

			Uruguay		vs	Portugal
	Result	Points	C1	Score	Points	D2	Score	Points	Total
Artifex	Russia	0	Russia	3	0	Morocco	2	0	0
Fortuitous	Saudia Arabia	0	Saudia Arabia	7	0	Morocco	0	0	0
Historicus	Uruguay	5	Uruguay	2	2	Portugal	1	3	10
IoannesNix	Uruguay	0	Uruguay	3	0	Spain	2	0	0
Musicus	Uruguay	5	Uruguay	1	0	Portugal	1	2	7
Praeceptor	Portugal	0	Uruguay	2	2	Portugal	3	0	2
Scriptor	Uruguay	5	Uruguay	1(5)	0	Portugal	1(4)	2	7

  

Here are how everyone's Quarterfinalist picks are faring. For every correct pick, you earn 5 points. Every team in green is a correct pick. Every team in a red is a team eliminated.

	Artifex	Fortuitous	Historicus	IoannesNix	Musicus	Praeceptor	Scriptor
	Russia	Saudi Arabia	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	Portugal	Uruguay
	France	Croatia	Peru	Nigeria	France	France	France
	Brazil	Costa Rica	Germany	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil
	Belgium	Panama	Belgium	England	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium
	Spain	Portugal	Spain	Portugal	Spain	Spain	Spain
	Argentina	Iceland	France	Australia	Argentina	Nigeria	Argentina
	Germany	Serbia	Brazil	Germany	Germany	Switzerland	Germany
	England	Poland	Colombia	Poland	England	England	Colombia
Total	5	0	10	5	10	5	10

  

Musicus picked France for the Round of 16. He gained 19 points to his total. 

Penalty Goal	Griezmann	8
Goal	Pavard	2
Goal	Mbappe	10
Goal	Mbappe	10
Yellow Card	Matuidi	-7
Yellow Card	Pavard	-1
Yellow Card	Giroud	-4
Saves	Lloris	1
	Total	19

  

Artifex's newly paired team of Uruguay won to advance in the tournament. They have earned her 3 points.

Standings below.

	Standings	Points	Oracle
1	Musicus	230	71
2	Historicus	193	53
3	Scriptor	188	57
4	Praeceptor	179	56
5	Artifex	175	47
6	IoannesNix	161	43
7	Fortuitous	82	23

   

In lieu of a disciplinarian today, we would like to bid goodbye to Lionel Messi. The weight of Argentina sat on his shoulders. As we mentioned before, one man cannot defeat eleven on his own. 

Adios, Maestro.

Sadly, the Grand Salmon Alpaca