Group HFull time
Final · Jun 21Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
Goals
4 goals — watch every replay below
- 21'Kevin PinaGreat goalGoal of the match▲ 14k
- 44'M. Araújo▲ 787
- 45+5'A. Canobbio▲ 605
- 61'Hélio Varela▲ 9.1k
The market saw itPolymarket
The stakes
Full time: Uruguay 2-2 Cape Verde — a Group H result now baked into the table.
- storylineCape Verde — the half-million-person miracleHeld Spain to a stunning 0-0 (June 15). Spain had ~27 shots; 40-year-old keeper Vozinha and a wall of bodies kept the clean sheet. Cape Verde became just the 7th team ever to avoid defeat on its World Cup debut. Coach: 'It means everything for our country.'
The two sides
UruguayTiny country, two-time champions
A country of 3.5 million that has won the World Cup twice and never stops fighting — now under philosopher-coach Bielsa playing ferocious high-press football. Their 80th-minute equalizer was the DNA.
Cape VerdeTiny island nation on its first World Cup
Five hundred thousand people, a first-ever World Cup, a 40-year-old second-division keeper crying at full time — and they held mighty Spain to 0-0. This is the exact fairytale the World Cup exists to produce.
Who plays where
Uruguay
- Al-HilalDarwin Núñez
- Atlético MadridJosé María Giménez
- BarcelonaRonald Araújo
- Real MadridFederico Valverde
- Sporting CPMaximiliano Araujo
Cape Verde
- ChavesVozinha (Josimar Évora Dias)
- Estrela AmadoraJovane Cabral
- Iğdır FKRyan Mendes
- VillarrealLogan Costa