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Cape Verde

FIFA #64
Ugh, no.
Cape Verde lost to Iran (4–5 on penalties)
Cape Verde 0 – 0 Iran
FT-Pens · Thu, Nov 13

Match Details

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (Al Ain) · 634 fans

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, IR Iran 0(5), Cabo Verde 0(4).
  • 101'Penalty Shootout ends, IR Iran 0(5), Cabo Verde 0(4).
  • 100'Goal! IR Iran 0(5), Cabo Verde 0(4). Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  • 99'Goal! IR Iran 0(4), Cabo Verde 0(4). Telmo Arcanjo (Cabo Verde) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  • 98'Goal! IR Iran 0(4), Cabo Verde 0(3). Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  • 97'Penalty saved. Laros Duarte (Cabo Verde) right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 96'Goal! IR Iran 0(3), Cabo Verde 0(3). Mohammad Mohebi (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  • 95'Goal! IR Iran 0(2), Cabo Verde 0(3). David Moreira (Cabo Verde) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  • 94'Goal! IR Iran 0(2), Cabo Verde 0(2). Ali Alipour (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  • 93'Goal! IR Iran 0(1), Cabo Verde 0(2). Diney Borges (Cabo Verde) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  • 92'Goal! IR Iran 0(1), Cabo Verde 0(1). Omid Noorafkan (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  • 91'Goal! IR Iran 0, Cabo Verde 0(1). Garry Rodrigues (Cabo Verde) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.

Line Score

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CPV 00004 0
IRN 00005 0

Key Events

89'Wagner Pina (Cabo Verde) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85'Substitution, Cabo Verde. David Moreira replaces Deroy Duarte.
80'Substitution, IR Iran. Ali Alipour replaces Saman Ghoddos.
80'Substitution, Cabo Verde. João Paulo replaces Sidny Cabral.
71'Substitution, IR Iran. Milad Mohammadi replaces Ali Nemati.
60'Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60'Substitution, Cabo Verde. Garry Rodrigues replaces Ryan Mendes.
60'Substitution, Cabo Verde. Telmo Arcanjo replaces Jamiro Monteiro.
60'Substitution, Cabo Verde. Laros Duarte replaces Willy Semedo.
60'Substitution, Cabo Verde. Alessio da Cruz replaces Dailon Livramento.
55'Substitution, IR Iran. Saleh Hardani replaces Danial Esmaeilifar.
55'Substitution, IR Iran. Mehdi Hashemnejad replaces Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
55'Substitution, IR Iran. Omid Noorafkan replaces Mohammad Ghorbani.

Recent Form

Iran D L W L W
Cape Verde D W W D W

Starting Lineups

Iran4-2-3-1
1 Beiranvand
19 Hosseini 4 Khalilzadeh 3 Nemati 26 Esmaeilifar
6 Ezatolahi 16 Ghorbani
10 Hosseinzadeh 8 Mohebbi 14 Ghoddos
9 Taremi
9 Livramento
13 Lopes Cabral 14 Duarte 20 Mendes
7 Pina 10 Monteiro
3 Borges 17 Semedo 2 Stopira 6 Pina
1 Vozinha
Cape Verde4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Iran

  1. AB #1 Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. AN #3 Ali NematiCD-L
  3. SK #4 Shoja KhalilzadehCD-R
  4. DE #26 Daniel EsmaeilifarLB
  5. MH #19 Majid HosseiniRB
  6. MM #8 Mohammad MohebbiAM
  7. MG #16 Mohammad GhorbaniLM
  8. SE #6 Saeid EzatolahiRM
  9. MT #9 Mehdi TaremiF
  10. SG #14 Saman GhoddosAM-L
  11. AH #10 Amirhossein HosseinzadehAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Cape Verde

  1. V #1 VozinhaG
  2. WS #17 Willy SemedoCD-L
  3. S #2 StopiraCD-R
  4. DB #3 Diney BorgesLB
  5. KP #6 Kevin PinaRB
  6. #14 Deroy DuarteAM
  7. WP #7 Wagner PinaLM
  8. #10 Jamiro MonteiroRM
  9. DL #9 Dailon LivramentoF
  10. SL #13 Sidny Lopes CabralAM-L
  11. RM #20 Ryan MendesAM-R
Substitutes · 6 used

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News

The summer of the underdog: why outsiders are the most compelling sights in sport | Natalie Tan
· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
Rotterdam is home to 25,000 Cape Verdeans and 1,600 of them gathered in a beer garden to watch an unforgettable game against Argentina Rotterdam knows how to script a football fairytale. Six players from the Cape Verde…
Tiny Cape Verde steal the show against Argentina in a performance to last in World Cup lore
· The Guardian
The African minnows capped off an impressive run with a heroic performance in a 3-2 loss to the defending champions It was a sight we’d seen hundreds of times before, six times previously in this World Cup alone. Lionel…
For all Cape Verde’s heroics, Africa’s World Cup could and perhaps should have been better | Jonathan Wilson
· The Guardian
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Cape Verde exit World Cup with heads held high: ‘We did our best and we did it with bravery’
· The Guardian
Coach Bubista says campaign has been ‘source of great pride’ Tiny archipelago nation bows out after 3-2 defeat to Argentina Lionel Messi and Argentina will move on to Atlanta and a last-16 tie against Egypt on Tuesday…

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