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🇨🇻 Cape Verde’s 2026 World Cup Journey
🇪🇸 0-0 vs Spain — Shocked the football world by holding one of the tournament favorites.
🇺🇾 2-2 vs Uruguay — Showed they belonged on the biggest stage with a fearless performance.
🇸🇦 0-0 vs Saudi Arabia — Secured a historic place in the knockout stage.
🇦🇷 2-3 (AET) vs Argentina — Pushed the reigning world champions to extra time and came within minutes of one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history.
From a nation of just 500,000 people to becoming one of the stories of the tournament .
Cape Verde earned the respect of the entire football world. 🇨🇻❤️
He worked his entire life to become an overnight success. 🇨🇻
At the start of the World Cup, Vozinha was relatively unknown outside Cape Verde, with around 50,000 Instagram followers.
Over the last three weeks, the 40-year-old has stunned the world with incredible performances against the likes of Spain, Uruguay and Argentina.
He fulfilled his dream of having his mum watch him play at a World Cup, and now leaves the tournament with more than 18 MILLION Instagram followers.
He now has more followers than Thibaut Courtois and Manuel Neuer — two of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. 👏
🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Cape Verde are out of the 2026 World Cup. 🇨🇻💔
One of the most loved teams of the tournament bows out after giving us so many unforgettable moments.
✅ They played Spain, Uruguay, Argentina and Saudi Arabia and leave the tournament unbeaten over 90 minutes.
Thank you Vozinha. Thank you Bubista. Thank you Cabral. Thank you Cape Verde.
Your story will live forever in World Cup history. 🌍👏