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Cape Verde vs Argentina
The night Cabo Verde won over the hearts of millions
As unsuspecting a small nation of 500.000 people can be in the FIFA World Cup, Cape Verde almost did the impossible. At 00:00 local time, thousands of people from the Cape Verde community came to Biergarten Rotterdam to watch their country go up against the mighty Argentina.
Scoring an equalizer not once but twice, Cape Verde forced the games to extended time. In the last minutes of the game, the reigning world champions still got the win. They weren’t the ones celebrating, however. It was that tiny nation and its diaspora across the globe that did all the dancing and celebrating. Team Cabo Verde lost the game, but their fighting spirit won over the hearts of millions.