Messi opened the scoring and scored his 20th World Cup goal. Derua Duarte equalized in the second half and Cape Verde held on to send the match into extra time. In extra time, Lisando Martinez again put the Albiceleste ahead on the scoreboard, but Sidney Cabral equalized again with a superb goal. Finally, Romero competed for first place with Dinay Borges, who scored a goal.
Huge respect to Messi and all the Argentina players. But when we go on the field, we know the quality of the opponents, but we need to focus on ourselves and what our team is capable of. Unfortunately we didn’t manage to win, but now it’s time to look to the future and I hope our team will achieve more.
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Lionel Messi and Vozinha during the Argentina x Cape Verde match at the World Cup Image: PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP
Vozinha’s magnificent performance attracted the attention of the whole world to the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper is currently without a club following Chaves’ departure from Portugal.
The Cape Verdean goalkeeper was even considered in Brazil. At 40, Vozinha has not yet decided what his next career step will be, but he has left the door to Brazilian football open.
My focus was the World Cup, the national team. There are rumors, but nothing concrete. I’m open to anything, playing in Brazil would be great considering the love I received from the Brazilian people. I think we’ll see, if this happens, it will be very good. But I’m a professional player, I have the best conditions there, I’m open.
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