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World Cup debutants Cape Verde scored a second-half equaliser to salvage a 2-2 gully against Uruguay connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) successful Miami, backing up their daze opening stalemate with Spain.
Cape Verde took a astonishment 21st-minute pb arsenic Kevin Pina scored their archetypal World Cup extremity from a free-kick, lone for Uruguay to onslaught doubly soon earlier half-time done Maximiliano Araujo and Agustin Canobbio.
But 40-year-old Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera’s mistake allowed Helio Varela to drawback Cape Verde’s 2nd conscionable aft the hr people and neither broadside could find a winner.
Cape Verde boosted their hopes of reaching the knockout signifier with their 2nd constituent successful Group H.
The African land federation look Saudi Arabia, thumped 4-0 by Spain earlier Sunday, successful their last radical crippled adjacent Saturday, knowing triumph would unafraid a last-32 berth.
Two-time satellite champions Uruguay’s hopes of progressing are successful superior danger, though, aft again being held by lower-ranked absorption aft their 1-1 gully with the Saudis.
The South Americans whitethorn request to bushed European champions Spain adjacent play to debar a 2nd consecutive World Cup group-stage exit.
Uruguay manager Marcelo Bielsa made 2 changes to the squad which were held by Saudi Arabia, with Al Hilal striker Darwin Nunez dropping to the bench.
Bubista opted for 3 alterations to his Cape Verde team, each successful attacking positions.
Cape Verde started with much intent going guardant than they were capable to amusement against Spain, but it was inactive Uruguay who created the archetypal existent opening erstwhile Federico Valverde drilled a left-footed changeable wide.
But the tourney debutants forged up erstwhile Pina crashed a long-range free-kick done a mediocre Uruguay partition and past Muslera.
Uruguay were successful hopeless request of their equaliser erstwhile it arrived successful the 44th minute.
Sidney Lopes Cabral headed the shot against his ain station nether unit from Rodrigo Bentancur, and Araujo stooped to motion successful the rebound with Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha stranded.
They completed the turnaround successful the sixth infinitesimal of first-half added time, arsenic Canobbio turned successful Araujo’s header crossed extremity connected the volley.
Uruguay appeared successful power aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional until Muslera inexplicably raced retired of his extremity successful the 61st infinitesimal and Cape Verde substitute Varela took afloat vantage to rotation the shot into an bare nett aft an fantabulous archetypal touch.
Vozinha, the leader of Cape Verde’s gully with Spain, fumbled to let Araujo to pat in, but his blushes were spared by an offside flag.
Real Madrid midfielder Valverde blazed a precocious free-kick implicit the barroom from conscionable extracurricular the box, leaving Uruguay connected the brink of a hugely disappointing exit.
