This is what the beautiful game is all about.
A young Cape Verde fan shows love to his team after the hard-fought battle with defending Champions Argentina in the Round of 32 🇨🇻
Cabo verde has put itself as a team to watch out for next WC. First time ever qualifying for a WC and only had one loss against former World Cup Champions Argentina. They kept Argentina on their toes, took them to overtime, and continued pushing for equalizers. Massive Respect 🇨🇻
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: The Egypt players are watching a Real Madrid match on the laptop just before the penalty shoot-out starts.
In this match the Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan was the goalkeeper and now the players are studying his MOVEMENT!
🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Japan crashing out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after their heartbreaking defeat to Brazil:
“Football can be very cruel. Today Japan leave the World Cup, but they leave with their heads held high. They pushed Brazil to the edge, made them suffer and forced one of the greatest football nations in history to fight until the very end. That’s something no one can take away from them.”
“I don’t want to hear anyone calling this a failure. Failure is not giving everything. These players gave everything. They ran, they fought, they believed and they represented their country with incredible pride. Sometimes football rewards you, sometimes it breaks your heart. Today it broke Japan’s heart.”
“I saw the tears after the final whistle, and those tears tell you everything. They cared. They believed they could make history, and for a long time they looked capable of doing exactly that. The result hurts, but the performance deserves respect from the entire football world.”
“If Japan continue producing players with this mentality, this won’t be the last time they surprise the biggest nations. They have shown courage, discipline and personality throughout this tournament. Today they lost the match, but they won the respect of millions of football fans around the world.”
{@FoxNews }