Cape Verde's population is 530,000 making it the smallest nation as well as the oldest starting line up to ever make it to the knock out rounds in the World Cup. Cape Verde recruited Lopes for the national team via a LinkedIn message which he initially dismissed as spam. Cape Verde's team captain and goalkeeper, Vozinha, is forty years old. Unfortunately, visa and financial challenges kept his mother from watching him play from the stands.
And then (as postscript) there was Argentina's next game, against Egypt...
And then (as further postscript) there's this story as Argentina heads into the final with Spain (Cape Verde is the only team Spain hasn't beaten so far):
These connections between Messi and Lamine Yamal are wild. I love when fact is stranger (and more moving) than fiction.
It's a great World Cup when easy-to-dismiss games end up being bonkers.
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