👏 Full credit to them: Cape Verde earn everyone’s applause

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4 July 2026

Without a doubt, Cape Verde has won everyone’s heart. A country of just over 500,000 inhabitants, made up of 10 islands, moved people and fought until the very end like no one else.

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Saturday, 4 July 2026

In the group stage, they took a point off Spain in a brilliant match by Vozinha, one of the heroes of this team. Then they took another point off Uruguay, and in the final group-stage match, they had the pleasure of knocking them out, despite the immense history of La Celeste.

And today, there is only one thing to say: hats off to them. They started out behind with a goal from Messi, but at halftime they made adjustments and managed to equalize, taking the match to extra time.

There,

Argentina

went back in front with a goal from Lisandro Martínez, but Lopes Cabral scored a stunner to level it again. And when it seemed penalties were coming, La Albiceleste delivered another epic moment (yes, another one from this Scaloni team) and eliminated them with that goal from Cuti Romero-Borges.

Facing the champion and beating them is a titanic task. The last 6 years have shown that, but even so, Cape Verde went down with tremendous honor.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence.

You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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