Cape Verde reach World Cup last 32 after draw with Saudi Arabia
Cape Verde qualified for the World Cup last 32 as Group H runners-up after drawing with Saudi Arabia, then celebrated pitch-side while watching Uruguay's defeat to Spain on a mobile phone. Coach Bubista and his players will now face Lionel Messi's Argentina in Miami, with goalkeeper Vozinha becoming one of the tournament's cult heroes. Saudi Arabia, despite massive investment in their domestic league, made minimal impact and were eliminated. Cape Verde's achievement is remarkable for a nation of just 525,000 people making their World Cup debut.
For a few days at least, the Blue Sharks can scent Argentinian blood. What a scene they presented at the end after drawing for a third time and improbably, magnificently, qualifying from Group H as runners-up. Their players and head coach, Bubista, huddled round a mobile phone to watch the closing stages of Uruguay’s defeat to Spain. They erupted en masse upon learning the outcome and can look ahead to a last-32 date with Lionel Messi and company in Miami. Messi’s meeting with this World Cup’s new cult hero, the goalkeeper Vozinha, could be one for the ages.It would have been a travesty if Saudi Arabia, who made minimal impact despite requiring a win to progress, had snuck home here. What an insipid display this was from Giorgios Donis’s side, the gargantuan investment in their local league clearly yet to reap benefits at international level. The only surprise was that they were not picked off by one of Cape Verde’s numerous second-half counters. Anyone watching this tournament is pumped with advertisements for Fifa’s worldwide partner Aramco, the majority Saudi state-owned oil company, but the kingdom’s national team appear to need powering by alternative energy. Continue reading...
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