Destination World Cup 2026: The miracle of Cape Verde
“Dailon Livramento was slumped on the floor. Pico Lopes was looking for his dad in the crowd. Stopira was hugging everyone. Steven Moreira didn’t know what to do with himself. … But it’s difficult to know how you’re supposed to feel when you’ve just helped your country qualify for the World Cup for the first time. And particularly when you are the second-smallest nation to ever make it to the biggest sporting event on the planet, after Iceland. Cape Verde, a collection of 10 islands off the west coast of Africa with a population of around 525,000 and which was a Portuguese colony until 1975, have done something improbable. …”
NY Times/The Athletic (Video)
Guardian -‘A defining moment of our nation’: Cape Verde goes wild to celebrate historic World Cup spot
YouTube: CAPE VERDE vs ESWATINI | CAF 2026 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS