OVER 8 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE ONE MESSAGE FOR CAPE VERDE TODAY: Thank you. 💙
You made an entire nation dream. You made the whole world dream. 🙏🇨🇻
✅ Population of just 530,000.
✅ The smallest nation ever to reach the FIFA World Cup knockout stage.
✅ The smallest nation ever to score in a World Cup knockout match.
🤝 Drew with Spain. 🇪🇸
🤝 Drew with Uruguay. 🇺🇾
🤝 Drew with Saudi Arabia. 🇸🇦
🇦🇷 Took the reigning world champions to extra time.
This Cape Verde team showed us one thing: if you believe, you can achieve incredible things. ✨
An unforgettable World Cup journey they'll never forget. 🥹
Cape Verde, you should be immensely proud. 👏💙
“How did it happen, Dad?”
“It hadn’t rained in months. Nobody was going to work. Everyone was at barbecues all day and in kitchens all night. The English had never seen a summer like it. It was the best World Cup anyone had witnessed. The Americans put on a show. The Germans went out early. The Argentines followed. People started to believe. The economy was a mess. Scotland had somehow qualified for the first time in 28 years… then went out in the group stage as usual. Kane was unstoppable. Bellingham was pulling the strings. The whole country felt different. It was the perfect storm.”
“Then what, Dad?”
“Then the old fears came back. England went behind. The pubs fell silent. Everyone thought, ‘Here we go again.’”
“Then Harry Kane decided otherwise.”
“And from that moment on, son… football came home.”
🤕🚑 Canada and Sassuolo midfielder Ismaël Koné broke his leg during World Cup their 6-0 win over Qatar last night.
Koné was carried off the pitch on a stretcher during the game in Vancouver.
He was challenged by Qatar’s Assim Madibo, who was visibly upset after seeing the tackle.