World Cup Underdogs: Where Do Cape Verde Rank in History?

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Surprisingly good outsiders at the World Cup are not a new phenomenon. And yet the story of Cape Verde is particularly fun. A comment by Hanna Raif.

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HASAN CÜCÜK | NEWS ANALYSIS 2026, Cape Verde's first participation in the FIFA World Cup. Held every four years, the World Cup offers football fans not only great matches but also unforgettable stories. Many of these fairytale stories come from Africa. In the 2010 World Cup held in South Africa, the South African national team (Bafana Bafana) formed a team that... [The article "Cape Verde turned the World Cup upside down" first appeared on TR724…