Cape Verde Set For World Cup Qualification

The Cape Verde Islands are inching person to becoming the 2nd smallest federation to suffice for a World Cup, pursuing a important 1-0 triumph implicit Cameroon connected Tuesday. Meanwhile, Senegal made a singular comeback to heighten their qualification prospects for adjacent year’s finals successful North America.
Egypt, South Africa, and Ivory Coast are besides progressing towards securing apical spots successful their respective groups during a engaged time of qualifiers crossed the continent.

Cape Verde’s triumph has enactment them 4 points wide of Cameroon successful Group D, with 2 matches remaining adjacent month. The archipelago, boasting a colonisation of conscionable implicit 600,000, saw striker Dailon Livramento people the decisive extremity successful the 54th minute, capitalising connected a antiaircraft error.

To unafraid qualification, Cape Verde needs 3 points from their upcoming qualifiers against Libya and Eswatini. Iceland presently holds the grounds arsenic the smallest state to enactment successful a World Cup, having competed successful Russia 2018.

Senegal, connected the different hand, is aiming for their 3rd consecutive World Cup quality aft a stunning 3-2 triumph against the Democratic Republic of Congo, overcoming a 2-0 shortage successful beforehand of a packed Stade des Martyrs successful Kinshasa.