Cape Verde, a microscopic country of 300,000 that most couldn't find on a map to save their lives, has drawn with Uruguay after drawing with Spain in their first game. That's two World Cup winners. If they can draw or somehow beat Saudi Arabia, and Uruguay loses to Spain, they would finish second in their group and move on to the knockouts...
That was a brilliant game to watch. One of the best so far for the drama and enthusiasm of the team and supporters. At half time the BBC showed a clip of an interview in Cape Verde just at the moment they scored their first goal and it was a beautiful thing to see. “The crowd went wild” doesn’t quite capture it.
Now I need to get back to hunting for a Cape Verde football jersey.
That was a brilliant game to watch. One of the best so far for the drama and enthusiasm of the team and supporters. At half time the BBC showed a clip of an interview in Cape Verde just at the moment they scored their first goal and it was a beautiful thing to see. “The crowd went wild” doesn’t quite capture it.
I love it when sports stories work out that way. Heavy on strategy and disciplined tactics.
Reminds me of a hockey game I coached years ago. We hammered a team from Buffalo in the first game 8-0. We met them later in the championship game, basically they were playing for a draw by using all their players to jam up the goal area. We drew at 0-0 despite holding the puck 99% of the game.
Then lost in a shootout. I was at the same time humiliated and impressed.
And in this case add a little luck and a LOT of lung-busting running. The impressive thing about this Cabo Verde performance was that they actually went down and still found a way to come back and tie it.
Greece winning Euro 2004 gives hope to all the minnows fighting for their lives against bigger fish.
Cape Verde official jerseys were $200+ CDN and they are all sold out.
Egypt poured on some Salah style last night. One thing I like about the World Cup is that there are plenty of teams out there where the players are genuinely happy to play as a team member with national pride. The smiles on the Egyptian players faces during the game were great.
Your best bet is probably the Chinese counterfeit sites like DHGate. I refuse to pay the hundreds that Liverpool charges for their jerseys, got one from them last year. It's surprisingly decent, and cost something like $40 after all shipping and tax etc. Of course, it's from last year, so I won't be wearing it again. Not a season I want to be reminded of.
Egypt poured on some Salah style last night. One thing I like about the World Cup is that there are plenty of teams out there where the players are genuinely happy to play as a team member with national pride. The smiles on the Egyptian players faces during the game were great.
Yet another Liverpool player who looked lost last season and looks like a world-beater in the World Cup. Gakpo, van Dijk, Isak and Salah have all had MOTM awards so far. Wasn't all Slot, though. Alisson has admitted taking games off to make sure he was fit for the WC, and I suspect a lot of the others were coasting to avoid injury, considering how limp they were over the last month or two.
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