QF a day early?

Is it just my dodgy memory or were the Quarter Finals always on a weekend? ie on Saturday and Sunday.

This year the first set are on a Friday and the second on a Saturday with Sunday off. Isn't it odd that there no World Cup football on Sunday, the traditional day of rest?

I have a theory that it's to increase the gap between the Semis and the Final. Major finals are rarely the spectacle they ought to be and perhaps FIFA are hoping that better rested players equals a more entertaining final.

Playing the SFs so soon after the QFs may mean we have two lethargic games instead of one! We'll wait and see.