Late on Friday night at Miami Stadium, with extra time elapsed and the final whistle blown, Cape Verde’s players gathered on the pitch. A country of 600,000 people spread across ten Atlantic islands had just watched their team twice draw level with the reigning world champions, holding Lionel Messi and Argentina for 111 minutes before a deflected own goal finally settled it. They lost 3-2. They made history. Cape Verde leave their first World Cup knockout round having earned something no scoreline can take away: the recognition of a footballing world that had barely known their name at the start
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