Before the start of the World Championship 2026 between patients, there was no intrigue in Quartet H before the start of the rest of the round in the group stage. It would seem that Spain and Uruguay would be deprived of such rivals as Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde without any special hope of profit.

Ale de-de, and at the world championships sensations loom all the time, and specifically in this group the debutants of tournaments of a similar level were undisputedly. “Sinya Hvilya” initially stopped the attack of the Spaniards in the first round (0:0), after which they fought a shootout with the Uruguayans (2:2), so it’s a miracle that Pedro Brito’s team with two points ended up on top of the closest team before entering.

And here it was true for the rich that the “greens” played against rivals of such a level. Or rather, those who didn’t play. With one real scoring chance for the game by Kanno at the end of the first half, if a header from a cross from the right flank takes Vozinya under the crossbar, you will not go far in achieving the desired result.

Cape Verde, whose role as the ruler of the situation has become even more eager to achieve its first victory in history at world championships. In the other half, the Brito team had some great moments in Monteiro and Larosa Duarte in the boundaries of someone else's penalty, but the saves of the goalkeeper Al-Owais incited them to turn them into goals. And the distant shot from Kevin Pini didn’t hit the left nine. And the fragments of the Arabs did not want to celebrate the victory, but they lost their chance to defeat Uruguay in a parallel game, in order to record the truly amazing achievement of Cape Verdean football.

In the group stage of the World Championship 2026, the national team of Cape Verde in Group H finished with three winning points at another meeting, also playing in the playoffs, as well.

Cape Verde - Saudi Arabia 0:0 Cape Verde: Vozinya - B. Pina, Lopes, Borges, Paulo - K. Pina - Mendes (Rodrigues, 72), D. Duarte, Monteiro (L. Duarte, 72), B. Semedo (Varela, 61) – Livramento (Da Costa, 61).

Saudi Arabia: Al-Owais - Abdulhamid, Al-Amri, At-Tambakti (Lajami, 33), Bushal (Al-Harbi, 82) - Mandash (Al-Hamdan, 66), N. Ad-Dawsari, Al-Khaybari (Al-Juwayr, 46), C. Ad-Dawsari (Ash-Shamat, 65) - Kanno, Al-Buraikan.

In advance: B. Pina - Abdulhamid, Ad-Davsari.