Cape Verde shocks Spain with scoreless draw at World Cup

Cape Verde is simply a tiny land federation located disconnected the seashore of Africa. Its colonisation is conscionable implicit 524,800 and each 1 of them had to person been jubilant pursuing their shot team’s FIFA World Cup effect against Spain.

Spain is 1 of the favorites to triumph the World Cup this year, but lone picked up 1 constituent successful their lucifer against Cape Verde. The 2 sides came to a 0-0 necktie connected Monday successful 1 of the biggest shockers of the tourney truthful far.

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Cape Verde players observe aft the World Cup Group H shot lucifer against Spain successful Atlanta connected June 15, 2026. (Mike Stewart/AP)

Cape Verde’s 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha kept Spain astatine bay successful the archetypal fractional contempt an onslaught of shots. Spain had 7 shots connected goal, compared to Cape Verde’s one, but could ne'er find the backmost of the net.

Mikel Oyarzabal took 5 of the 7 shots.

Spanish sensation Lamine Yamal started the crippled disconnected the bench, but adjacent helium couldn’t find the changeable to get past Cape Verde.

The 2 squads volition travel distant with 1 constituent each successful the Group H matchup. It makes the roadworthy for Spain that overmuch hard arsenic they await the effect from the Saudi Arabia-Uruguay matchup aboriginal Monday.

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Cape Verde's Dailon Livramento and Sidny Lopes Cabral observe aft the World Cup Group H lucifer against Spain successful Atlanta connected June 15, 2026. (Erik S. Lesser/AP)

Cape Verde is making its archetypal World Cup appearance. The federation was a portion of Portugal erstwhile the World Cup archetypal began. It didn’t instantly go a FIFA subordinate either.

The state started to vie for a World Cup quality successful 2002. They didn’t suffice for the tourney until this twelvemonth arsenic the tract expanded to 48 nations.

Cape Verde is ranked 67th among FIFA members.

Spain won the World Cup successful 2010 erstwhile the tourney took spot successful South Africa. In the past 2 tournaments, the federation lone got arsenic acold arsenic the circular of 16.

Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha celebrates a 0-0 gully during the World Cup Group H shot lucifer betwixt Spain and Cape Verde successful Atlanta connected June 15, 2026. (Jacob Kupferman/Associated Press)

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Spain entered this year’s World Cup ranked No. 2.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.