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Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha was already one of the breakout stars of the 2026 World Cup. Then he held his own against the best to ever do it.A Round of 32 match against defending champion Argentina didnt go the underdogs way, but Vozinha once again delivered a star-making performance with eight saves, four at the expense of Lionel Messi.A worse goalkeeper for Cape Verde and its a blowout. Vozinha helped turn the 3-2 Argentina win in extra time into one of the tournaments classics.That included a 73rd-minute save when Messi seemed to catch everyone at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami napping on a free kick, except for Vozinha. The eight-time Ballon dOr winner could not have kicked it better, but Vozinha still got a hand on it.VOZINHA WITH A CRUCIAL SAVE TO DENY MESSIS FREE KICK! pic.twitter.com/QgF6Kdt8wO FOX Sports (@FOXSports) July 3, 2026Another angle:VOZINHA WAS SETTING HIS WALL AND STILL DENIES MESSIS FREE KICK pic.twitter.com/zABI6bfNfX FOX Sports (@FOXSports) July 3, 2026Vozinha helped send the game to extra time with another stop of Messi in stoppage time.Messi goes low on the free kick and its SAVED YET AGAIN by Vozinha What a performance from the Cape Verde goalkeeper! pic.twitter.com/lzZtcqvGcs FOX Sports (@FOXSports) July 3, 2026Unfortunately, Argentina finally found a way through Vozinha in extra time, scoring two goals to end a bid for what would have been one of the biggest upsets in the history of the World Cup. Its unusual to be crediting the goalie of a 3-2 losing effort, but Vozinhas heroics warranted it.Vozinha began the tournament with 50,000 Instagram followers. He had 8 million followers soon after pushing his team to a tie against Spain in Cape Verdes opener, and 14 million by the next day. Soon after the final whistle on Friday, he was up to 18.4 million.Cape Verdes World Cup bid might be over, but this is stuff that will be remembered in soccer for years and in Cape Verde for the rest of our lives.

We were two fingertips away from the greatest upset in the history of the World Cup.Sit with that for a moment. Cape Verde, ten specks of volcanic rock in the Atlantic with fewer people than Tuscon, took the world champions, the No. 1 ranked team on the planet, the winners of the last World Cup, to the 111th minute of a knockout game. They equalized once in regulation. Then they equalized AGAIN in extra time with a world-class curler into the top corner that turned Miami into a madhouse and had the entire planet screaming at its television. Argentina survived on a set piece with nine minutes of extra time left. Survived is the only word that fits. Argentina nearly became victims of the greatest World Cup knockout upset of all time. Here are my five takeaways from the craziest game of this tournament: 1. Argentina Advance. Nobody Say "Comfortably." Lionel Scaloni's side are in the round of 16, and they earned every inch of it. But let's be honest about what we watched. Argentina had 64 percent of the ball and spent long stretches passing it sideways with the urgency of a Sunday picnic. When Deroy Duarte equalized in the 59th minute from a tight angle, it was deserved. Argentina had gone sleepy, sloppy, and predictable.The bigger issue: it can't just be Lionel Messi. Lautaro Martnez was once again anonymous. The midfield of Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernndez and Alexis Mac Allister controlled tempo but created precious little between the lines. Against Egypt in the round of 16, and whoever comes after, the champions will need someone other than a 39-year-old to conjure the magic. Tonight, when they absolutely had to have a goal, guess whose delivery produced it. The GOAT, of course. 2. David's Sling Was On Point. He Nearly Took Goliath's Head Off. Read this slowly: a country of roughly 500,000 people stood eye to eye with the world champions for 120 minutes and never once blinked. Cape Verde didn't park the bus and pray. They traded punches with Argentina in a World Cup knockout game. Deroy Duarte's equalizer was a striker's finish from a tough angle. Then, after Lisandro Martnez thumped Argentina back ahead in extra time, Sidny Lopes Cabral hit the shot of the tournament, a curling missile into the top corner in the 103rd minute. For eight delirious minutes, the impossible was winning. 2-2. Against Argentina. In the knockouts.They even forced Emiliano Martnez into a flying save on another Lopes Cabral free kick to stay alive. The stone left the sling and grazed the giant's temple. History will remember how close they came. 3. Messi Rewrites the Book Every Time He Steps On Grass At this point, Lionel Messi is rewriting the history books every time he steps onto the field. His 29th-minute openera gorgeous first touch off Lisandro Martnez's long ball and a dink over Vozinhawas his 20th World Cup goal. He's now scored in eight consecutive World Cup games, another record, a run stretching back to 2022. And because the man is incapable of a quiet night, it was his set-piece delivery in the 111th minute that produced the winner, Cristian Romero rising highest to nod Argentina through.He now leads the Golden Boot race with seven goals, one clear of Kylian Mbapp, in his sixth World Cup, at 39 years old. All alone at the top. The GOAT keeps grazing, and the rest of football watches in disbelief. 4. Thank You for the Memories, Cape Verde This team gave the World Cup its soul, and the cast belongs in Hollywood. Vozinha, a 40-year-old goalkeeper playing in Portugal's second division, arrived at this tournament with 31,000 Instagram followers. He leaves with 17 million followers and a highlight reel for the ages, including eight more saves tonight one a scrambling, post-to-post rejection of a Messi free kick that showed incredible awareness. Then there's Roberto "Pico" Lopes, the center back who was working at a Dublin bank when Cape Verde recruited him through a LinkedIn message he ignored for nine months because he assumed it was spam. Tonight, the greatest success story in LinkedIn history spent 120 minutes marking the greatest player who ever lived. And barely gave him a yard.You cannot write this stuff. Except Cape Verde just did. 5. This Is Exactly Why the 48-Team World Cup Exists Be honest. When the field expanded to 48, you wondered how much the quality would suffer. Filler teams, watered-down soup. Cape Verde was supposed to be exactly that, a name to make up the numbers, three games and a polite wave goodbye. Some stories for the grandchildren in forty years. Instead, they held Spain scoreless. They traded blows with Uruguay and finished ahead of a two-time world champion. And tonight they took the best team on earth to the brink of the greatest upset the World Cup has ever seen. Two equalizers. 120 minutes. A fingertip from immortality.An island nation smaller than Kansas City, MO just authored one of the great Cinderella stories in the history of this sport. Ten islands in the Atlantic are crying tears of pride tonight, and the rest of us should be applauding. The Blue Sharks belonged. Every single minute. Sincerely, from all of us thank you.

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Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha salutes fans after his team's epic 3-2 defeat to Argentina (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA)Holders Argentina survived a monumental scare before defeating Cape Verde 3-2 in extra-time to keep their World Cup dream alive on Friday as Egypt beat Australia to reach the last 16.Cape Verde, with a population of just over 500,000, rocked Lionel Messi's Argentina with two stunning equalizers to raise the prospect of pulling off the greatest upset in World Cup history at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.But a Diney Borges own goal, under pressure from Argentina's Cristian Romero, in the 111th minute finally broke Cape Verde's resistance to settle an all-time World Cup classic.Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said losing to Cape Verde "would have been madness."It was "a very tough match; you always have to take the positives --this team (Argentina) never gives up," Scaloni said."We have to congratulate the opponent; when people say there are no easy opponents, they proved today that they are a great team," he emphasized.Argentina, who are bidding to become the first team to win back-to-back World Cup titles since Brazil in 1962, will play Egypt on Tuesday in Atlanta for a place in the quarter-finalsBut the South Americans were forced to cling on for victory against a team ranked 65 places below them by world governing body FIFA.Messi had fired Argentina into the lead with a superb goal on 29 minutes, setting the reigning world champions on course for what most assumed would be a routine win.But Deroy Duarte's 59th-minute equalizer left Argentina shellshocked, and the African qualifiers then held on improbably to force extra-time.Lisandro Martinez restored Argentina's lead in the 92nd minute, but once again Cape Verde hit back, Sidny Lopes Cabral curling in a magnificent second on 103 minutes.Argentina though grabbed the winner in the second period of extra-time before hanging on to clinch victory.- Penalty drama -Earlier Friday, Egypt defeated Australia on penalties to win a World Cup knockout match for the first time.Hossam Abdelmaguid coolly converted the decisive spot-kick to seal a 4-2 shootout win over the Socceroos in Arlington, Texas, after the match finished 1-1 following extra time.Australia coach Tony Popovic rolled the dice by bringing on veteran goalkeeper Maty Ryan for the shoot-out moments before the final whistle at the AT&T Stadium.But Ryan was unable to bring his influence to bear, failing to get a hand on any of Egypt's successful four penalties.Australia were left ruing penalty misses from captain Harry Souttar and 18-year-old defender Lucas Herrington, who both blazed over."It's history," Egypt talisman Mohamed Salah said afterwards."I told the boys before the game that this is the biggest stage you can play on. Enjoy it and don't let the pressure get to you," added the former Liverpool star.Australia coach Popovic defended the decision to bring on Ryan for the shoot-out."We just felt that Maty's experience will be the difference," Popovic said of Ryan before defending the selection of the teenaged Herrington to take a pressure-laden penalty."I'm sure you'd be saying something else if the young kid scored," Popovic said."You'd probably be sitting there saying how wonderful it is that an 18-year-old took a penalty and scored."Egypt's win bucked what has hitherto been a disappointing knockout phase for African teams,with South Africa, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo and Algeria all exiting the tournament in the last 32.In Friday's other game, Ghana face Colombia in Kansas City, hoping to join Egypt and Morocco as the other African teams to reach the last 16.Off the field on Friday, anticipation for Sunday's blockbuster last 16 clash between England and Mexico City at the Estadio Azteca was given a jolt of intrigue after it emerged that the kickoff time for the game may be brought forward by several hours due to forecast storms.But after a chaotic few hours, sources later confirmed the match would go ahead at 6:00pm local time as planned.rcw/gj

The name of the Cape Verde goalkeeper who saved eight shots against Lionel Messi's Argentina squad is only one word, and it isn't "Him," although that might be more appropriate following his performance on Friday. Vozinha, whose real name is Josimar Jos vora Dias, nearly spearheaded the greatest upset in the history of the World Cup as he made several highlight stops in Cape Verde's 3-2 extra-time loss to Argentina in the round of 32. The 40-year-old had several leaping and diving saves, including a miraculous stop on Messi's free kick in the 73rd minute. So, who is Vozinha, the surprise star of the 2026 FIFA World Cup? Here's what to know about the Cape Verdean goalkeeper. Vozinha exited his first World Cup as one of the names that soccer fans will remember for a long time, thanks to his performances against Spain and Argentina. Vozinha opened Cape Verde's World Cup journey by leading it to a 0-0 draw against Spain in its Group H opener. He had seven saves in that match, leading to one of the most surprising results in the history of the World Cup. After Cape Verde's draw against Spain, Vozinha helped his squad get draws against Uruguay and Saudi Arabia. He didn't get a save in his team's 2-2 draw against Uruguay. However, he had three saves in Cape Verde's 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia. That led to Friday's memorable performance. While Vozinha allowed three goals, including one to Lionel Messi, he had eight stops. So, over the course of the tournament, Vozinha had 18 saves against 23 shots, giving him a .782 save percentage. His 18 saves were the third most of any goalkeeper in the tournament at the time of Cape Verde's elimination. He also ensured that Cape Verde didn't lose a single 90-minute match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. While Vozinha isn't his real name, the Cape Verdean goalkeeper said he got the name at a young age thanks to his grandparents. In an interview with FIFA, Vozinha said that his grandparents opted to call him Vozinha as he was raised by them and not his parents. Vozinha said that his father was serving in the military and his mother had to work. However, the name Vozinha wound up sticking for a different reason. When he moved to Angola to play for Progresso, Vozinha had a decision to make with his name. "When I arrived in Angola, there was another goalkeeper named Josimar and I said I am not going to put Josimar II on the shirt if everyone knew me as Vozinha in Cape Verde, thats what I would be," Vozinha told FIFA. Vozinha made plenty of history at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In terms of FIFA rankings, Cape Verde's draw against Spain was the fourth-most surprising result in the history of the World Cup. Cape Verde entered the tournament ranked 67th and Spain entered the tournament ranked second. As for Vozinha, he became the third-oldest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a men's World Cup match with his clean sheets against Spain and Saudi Arabia, after Peter Shilton (40 years, 281 days) and Dino Zoff (40 years, 130 days), per FOX Sports Research. In his seven-save performance against Spain, Vozinha became the oldest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in his World Cup debut and just the second goalkeeper aged 40 or older to make at least seven saves in a World Cup match since 1966, per OPTA. Vozinha has seen his social media following grow in a major way since the start of the World Cup. His followers on Instagram went from 50,000 to over five million in the hours after his clean sheet against Spain. Vozinha's Instagram following has more than tripled that number since then. He's now at 18.8 million followers on Instagram following Friday's loss against Argentina, as of 9:30 p.m. ET. Vozinha had 90 international caps for Cape Verde prior to Monday's match, beginning his senior international career in 2012. He recorded nine clean sheets for Cape Verde over the previous year before blanking Spain. He logged three clean sheets in five matches for Cape Verde in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Vozinha currently plays for Chaves in Liga Portugal 2, Portugal's second division of soccer. He's spent the bulk of his club career with Progresso (2012-15) and AEL Limassol (2017-22), though. Vozinha logged 116 caps during his time with AEL Limassol, a club in the Cypriot First Division.

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Lionel Messi might be leading the Golden Boot race after his seventh goal. But the true story of the tournament has been the own goal, which has accounted for twice as many goals as the Argentinian captain.Since the group stage began, a whopping 14 own goals have been scored across the tournament. That number surpasses the record of 12 set in 2018, which was considered an abnormally high number of own goals at the time.To put that in context, most World Cup prior to 2018 had between three and six own goals across the tournament. In 2022, only two own goals were scored.But the tradition of 2018s friendly fire has continued in 2026. 12 of the own goals came in the group stage, before two more own goals on Friday helped break the record.The first was from Egyptian defender Mohamed Hany, who was the last touch off an Australian free kick. That brought the Socceroos level, with the game eventually heading to penalty kicks which Egypt won handily.Off the set piece for the Australia equalizer The own goal brings the Socceroos level in Texas! pic.twitter.com/N9ts0kKij9 FOX Sports (@FOXSports) July 3, 2026Hany had already gotten an own goal in Egypts 1-1 draw against Belgium at the start of the group stage. That makes Hany the first player to ever get two own goals in the same World Cup, and actually the first person to ever get more than one World Cup goals at all. In Argentinas narrow escape against Cape Verde, the deciding goal was also an own goal, pushing the record one goal further. Though initially credited to Cristian Romero off a Messi corner kick, Cape Verdes Diney Borges was the last to touch the ball as it slipped past goalkeeper Vozinha.ARGENTINA TAKES THE LEAD ONCE AGAIN IN EXTRA TIME Cristian Romero scores off the Messi corner in the clutch! pic.twitter.com/Np6XApGffF FOX Sports (@FOXSports) July 4, 2026Though the two knockout stage mistakes ended up being more costly, these own goals have been going on since the start of the tournament and no one has benefitted more than the United States.Paraguays Damian Bobadilla opened own goals score sheet in the U.S. mens national teams emphatic 4-1 win to open the group stage. And in the second game, against Australia, it happened again, with the USMNTs first goal coming off Socceroos defender Cameron Burgess early in the game.The United States is the only team this World Cup to benefit from two own goals in one tournament, joining France (2014) as the only team to achieve the feat.The obvious reason for the increase in own goals is the expanded 48-team field: With more teams, and more games, there will be more instances of things that are normally somewhat unusual.Additionally, the increased field means that there have been more mismatched games. Most of the own goals have been scored by underdog teams like debutantes Cape Verde, Jordan and Uzbekistan, or long-shot Qatar, who scored two own goals on the way to getting grouped while trying to defend high-intensity attacking teams off of set pieces or breakaways.Still, with plenty more knockout matches to go and teams scrambling to stay in the game, that number might keep going up as the tournament continues.