World Cup diary: Leo Messi magic in 1000th match, and can Kylian Mbappe shatter England's dreams in Qatar?

England's expected progress to the World Cup quarter-finals proved to be Senegal-easy in the Al Bayt Stadium.

Now the big question is: Can the Three Lions claim a knockout victory against a major nation away from Wembley for the first time?

Gareth Southgate's men have found things pretty comfortable with wins against Iran, Wales and Senegal - and not as straightforward when they drew with the Unites States.

This weekend they face reigning champions France, who equally haven't been tested but appear to have the form player in the tournament right now in the powerful Kylian Mbappe.

The PSG forward scored two stunning goals in Sunday's 3-1 win over Poland to claim top spot in the World Cup 2022 goal charts with five in four games - and one of those was a sub appearance.

England then dismantled a poor Senegal after a shaky first half hour when keeper Jordan Pickford made an important save.

The brilliant Jude Bellingham has become the world's most sought-after player with his performances for England on the back of some big impressions in the Champions League for Dortmund.

The 19-year-old stylishly set up the opening goal for Jordan Henderson, a surprise inclusion when the likes of previous match hero Marcus Rashford, who tore apart the Welsh, was left on the bench.

Captain Harry Kane then chose an opportune moment to net his first goal in this year's competition in stoppage time, and Bukayo Saka's dinked finish in the second half wrapped things up.

So it's on to the Al Khor on Saturday night for the big one. Will the champs prevail or will England deliver their most telling blow yet in their mission to end 56 years of hurt?

Before then, Argentina will take on the Netherlands in another highly anticipated quarter-final.

The Dutch proved too strong for USA on Saturday, winning 3-1 while Lionel Messi inspired Argentina's progress against Australia in the 1000th match of his amazing football career.

It was inevitable that Messi would mark the occasion with a goal, firing home a deadly opener before Julian Alvarez grabbed his second of the tourney to stun the Socceroos.

An Aussie side with four Scottish Premiership players and two former Ross County men in their starting eleven made a fight of it and when Enzo Fernandez turned a shot into his own net with ten minutes to go, the contest was back in the melting pot.

Argentina held on and now face the Dutch, who they beat in the 1978 final and the 2014 semi-finals - but who can forget one of the greatest-ever goals in 1998 when Dennis Bergkamp stunned the South Americans - and that Dutch commentary (see below)?

Tonight it's the turn of Brazil and South Korea in the last sixteen.

One of the competition highlights saw the Koreans qualify on Friday thanks to Hwang Hee-Chan's stoppage time winner against Portugal, and that wait on the pitch to make sure Uruguay didn't add to their 2-0 lead over Ghana - which they didn't, much to Luis Suarez's anguish.

Brazil had reshuffled their team for their final group game against Cameroon and fell to a shock 1-0 loss, but will have their big guns back - possibly Neymar included - for the Korea clash.

Portugal's loss to South Korea also came with a weakened team, and they play their last sixteen tie against Switzerland, who battled past Serbia in a five-goal thriller on Friday.