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[Rebekka @rebekkarnold]

The UK Prime Minister role is to politics as the Watford manager role is to football.

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

Uruguay land themselves in trouble as Cape Verde equalise! 😳🇨🇻

Helio Varela levels the scores after Mathias Olivera and Fernando Muslera get their wires crossed 🔀

#FifaWorldCup

[george @StokeyyG2]

‘Nothing silly lads, we’re 2-1 up against Cape Verde’

Muslera:

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

1 - Cabo Verde are the first team on record to score their first FIFA World Cup goal from a direct free kick (since 1966).

Blast.

[george @StokeyyG2]

‘You can only celebrate your own countries goals’

Me celebrating that Cape Verde free kick:

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

CAPE VERDE LEAD AT THE WORLD CUP! 😮🇨🇻

Kevin Pina's free kick from distance puts the debutants ahead against two-time World Cup winners Uruguay!

#FifaWorldCup

[T G J @thatguysjokes]

Cape Verde’s midfielder after seeing his goalkeeper securing 6 figure brand deals

[T G J @thatguysjokes]

Gambling addicts realising there’s been 8 red cards at this World Cup and we’re only in the group stages

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

With an average age of 32 years and 181 days, Iran have named the oldest starting line-up of any side at a World Cup match since records began in 1966 🇮🇷

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

1 – On MD1, Mikel Oyarzabal became the first player on record with 0 touches in the first 30 minutes of a FIFA World Cup game.

On MD2, he became just the third player to score/assist three goals in the opening 30 minutes (both since 1966).

Rebound.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

2 – When facing 11 men, only two teams on record (since 1966) have completed 500+ passes, conceded 0 shots on target, and won a @FIFAWorldCup game by 4+ goals:

🇪🇸 Spain in 2022 (v Costa Rica)
🇯🇵 Japan in 2026 (v Tunisia)

Masterful.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

3 - With two goals and an assist, Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal is only the second player on record (from 1966) to score or assist three goals in the opening 25 minutes of a FIFA World Cup match, after Hungary's László Fazekas against El Salvador in 1982 (1 goal, 2 assists).

Rapid.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

18 - Lamine Yamal is only the second player aged 18 or younger to open the scoring in a FIFA World Cup match - the other was a 17-year-old Pelé for Brazil v Wales in 1958.

Emulating.

[Neal 🇦🇺 @NealGardner_]

Might be the wildest stat I’ve ever come across…

Get this: Between Ecuador and Turkey, 101 shots have been taken, ZERO goals have been scored.

[T G J @thatguysjokes]

Curaçao’s goalkeeper waking up to see he doesn’t even have 1 million followers after dropping a 10/10 performance

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

4 - Sweden are the first side to win their first game by 4+ goals (5-1) and then lose their second by 4+ goals (1-5) at a FIFA World Cup tournament since...

Sweden in 1938.

ABBA.

[B/R Football @brfootball]

Eloy Room made the most saves by any goalkeeper in a World Cup match that did not feature extra-time 🧤

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

All 15 of Eloy Room's record-equalling saves 🧤

The Curacao goalkeeper has tied with Tim Howard for the most saves in a single World Cup match in 90 minutes 💥

[T G J @thatguysjokes]

Curaçao’s goalkeeper after seeing Cape Verde’s keeper gain 15 million followers

[ITV Football @itvfootball]

1930 ➡️ 2026

Tunisia v Japan will be the 1000th World Cup match!