Delirium, despair, pride: with the fans on Cape Verde’s World Cup rollercoaster | Cape Verde
By: Mart ten Have in Rotterdam | Published: 2026-07-04 13:08:01 | Source: www.theguardian.com
Rotterdam knows how to script a football fairytale. Six players from the Cape Verde side who have lit up the World Cup were born here, nearly 5,000km from their parents’ islands. Five of them played against Argentina, the defending champions, in a bittersweet 3-2 defeat.
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After last Saturday’sdraw with Saudi Arabia took Cape Verde into the last 32, the streets of Rotterdam were full of…
