- Population of 500,000
- First ever World Cup
- Smallest nation to reach the World Cup knockouts
- Have taken Spain & Argentina to the wire
- Played brilliant, brave football
Regardless of the end result. Cape Verde, we will remember this campaign forever.
🚨🎙️Nuno Mendes on his brilliant free-kick against Uzbekistan:
"We practice these situations in training. So when we won the free-kick, my first thought was that Cristiano would take it. But he looked at me and said, 'Go on, you've got this. Don't overthink it.'
Bruno came over as well and told me to take it.
The moment the ball hit the back of the net, I was really excited. Cristiano and Bruno were the first to run over and celebrate with me, and that made the goal even more special. It's a moment I'll never forget
Cape Verde's goalkeeper Vozinha is:
- 40-years-old
- Plays in the Portuguese second division
- The reigning European champions can't get past him as he's been an absolute wall
THIS is what the World Cup is all about! 😂
🥳 🇨🇼 CURAÇAO MAKING HISTORY!
✅ 🇨🇼 Curaçao DEBUTED at World Cups!
✅ 🇨🇼 Curaçao became the SMALLEST NATION ever to play at World Cups!
✅ 🇨🇼 Curaçao head coach Dick Advocaat became the OLDEST COACH ever at World Cups!
✅ 🇨🇼 Curaçao scored their FIRST GOAL at World Cups!
People have spent ages moaning about the World Cup expanding just for Curaçao to turn up and go toe-to-toe with Germany.
155,000 people competing with heavyweights? Sorry, but this is class.
Give me the smaller nations at the World Cup EVERY SINGLE TIME! 😤
Does anyone else find it much harder to make time for Football Manager once they’re working full-time?
At uni, I could play for hours without thinking about it, but now it feels almost impossible to properly get into a save.
How do people fit it in once you're an adult?!