The World Cup has not been retained since Brazil did it in 1962.
And that is a record that will certainly carry on after champions Spain were knocked out after their defeat to Chile.
Some of the things I was reading on Twitter were a bit over the top about Spain, though.
Yes, they were disappointing last night. Yes, they are out of the World Cup. Yes, some of their players may be done for at that level. And yes, tiki taka may be on its way out.
But it's not as if they are suddenly finished as a strong footballing nation.
Their squad selection raised a few eyebrows in the first place, and a late camera swoop along their bench reminded you that they still have some very decent players on the scene - several who would get in the England team, for starters.
Chile are no mugs, as they showed at Wembley last year, and they are on their home continent.
The Netherlands have joined them in the last 16, and without van Persie in the final game, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that Chile could win the group and avoid Brazil in the next round.
The Dutch had an almighty scare against Australia, whose World Cup is also over after the defeat.
But they can go home with the memories of that brilliant Tim Cahill goal. That was probably the 34-year-old's last World Cup game, and that screaming left-foot volley is quite the way to go.
It was one of those typical underdog games, the unfancied team take the lead, and then you just know something's going to happen, that moment to regret.
They had two - the Leckie chance followed by a goalkeeping misjudgement for what proved to be the winner in a matter of minutes.
The battle for second place in Group A is going to be in a winner-takes-all (sort of) game between Mexico and Croatia.
The Croats - so unlucky - against Brazil in the opening game - spanked 10-man Cameroon last night after Alex Song's moment of madness.
Assuming the Brazilians will beat what looks like an average Cameroon side, the European side will need to beat Mexico - who themselves have shown real promise - to set up a tie with Chile or the Netherlands.
Tonight, though, it's all eyes on Sao Paulo and England's second group game.
Roy Hodgson has just one big selection decision - what will he do with Wayne Rooney - but with Liverpool star Luis Suarez back, the defence could have a harder time than they did on Saturday.
That said, he wasn't fit enough to come on when they really needed him against Costa Rica, so it could well be a Diego-Costa-in-the-Champions-League-final-style risk.
It's a massive game, if not necessarily a must-win, a defeat is absolutely unthinkable.
Elsewhere, it's the second outing in Group C, with Colombia and Ivory Coast - the winners from the first games - clashing before England, and Japan and Greece afterwards.
It promises to be another pivotal night in this best of World Cups.
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