The 2026 World Cup will go down in history for Cape Verde players as they keep producing incredible performances against teams that should be beating them. First, it was an amazing draw against Spain, the former champions and one of the hot favourites for the tournament, and yesterday another incredible draw against two-time winners Uruguay.
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Now Cape Verde sits third in their group, level on points with Uruguay. Because this year’s World Cup has a new format, Cape Verde has a decent chance of making it through to the knockout rounds. Their final Group H match will be against Saudi Arabia on Saturday, who also drew with Uruguay and got hammered by Spain 4-0.
If Cape Verde beat Saudi Arabia, they will go through and will be the third lowest-ranked team to get through to the knockout stages of the World Cup.
Benni McCarthy shared:
I think this performance gets them a win against Saudi Arabia.
