Cape Verde scores first World Cup goal in draw against Uruguay

Debutants Cape Verde scored their first World Cup goals as they held two-time champions Uruguay to a 2-2 draw to claim another historic point on Sunday. They had previously held European champions Spain to a goalless draw in their tournament opener last week.

Wow. The continuation of Cape Verde’s fairytale may have serious repercussions for Marcelo Bielsa and Uruguay. The heroics of Cape Verde in holding Spain to a draw mean Uruguay should have been forewarned and forearmed in Florida. Instead, this tiny nation with a population equivalent to that of Bristol embarrassed World Cup aristocracy once more. What fun, what glorious fun. Uruguay now head into Group H’s final game against Spain with their tournament involvement in serious jeopardy. Uruguay had already failed to beat Saudi Arabia. Cape Verde will hold high and legitimate hopes of seeing off the Saudis on Friday. The Blue Sharks are the early story of this World Cup. Continue reading...

Uruguay 2-2 Cape Verde: Kevin Pina ​scored the island nation’s first World Cup goal as they took a surprise lead, and substitute Helio Varela later capitalised on a mistake to notch a second-half equaliser

A thrilling second-half equalizer off a defensive mistake and some excellent shot-stopping gave the Blue Sharks another impressive draw.

World Cup debutants Cape Verde scored a second-half equaliser to salvage a 2-2 draw against Uruguay on Sunday in Miami, backing up their shock opening stalemate with Spain.Cape Verde took a surprise 21st-minute lead as Kevin Pina scored their first World Cup goal from a free-kick, only for Uruguay to strike twice shortly before half-time through Maximiliano Araujo and Agustin Canobbio.