{"id":30759,"date":"2026-06-27T03:43:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/world-cup-2026-england-through-scotland-wait-goes-on-and-joy-for-cape-verde-live-world-cup-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T03:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:43:42","slug":"world-cup-2026-england-through-scotland-wait-goes-on-and-joy-for-cape-verde-live-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/world-cup-2026-england-through-scotland-wait-goes-on-and-joy-for-cape-verde-live-world-cup-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: England through, Scotland wait goes on and joy for Cape Verde \u2013 live | World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<br \/><span class=\"dcr-1wrshbb\"><span id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1wrshbb\"><\/p>\n<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><strong>Iran have copied Cape Verde with three draws \u2026<\/strong> but they thought they\u2019d won it against Egypt. Their future at the tournament remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><strong>Marcelo Bielsa gives it straight.<\/strong> Uruguay have failed to make it past the group stage for the second World Cup in a row.<\/p>\n<p>double quotation markI have not left anything to Uruguayan football. A coach who has been in a country for three years and not got results cannot say he has made a contribution. Fourth place in the qualifiers has no value and nor does third at the Copa Am\u00e9rica and there is no need to even define this performance [at the World Cup]. My time doesn\u2019t say anything.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><strong>Even if Panama pull off an all-timer of an upset, England are through. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><strong>Cape Verde\u2019s head coach, Bubista, reflects on his side\u2019s achievement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>double quotation markWe have shown that nothing is impossible. We have represented our country but we also represent Africa and small countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1pxv6ha\">Preamble<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Winning is overrated. Cape Verde have got the love of the neutrals and \u2013 crucially \u2013 a place in the last 32 by drawing all three of their group games. That\u2019s right, the nation with a population of just over 500,000 are through to the knockouts with a second-placed finish, a remarkable feat by the debutants. Up next? Leo Messi and his mates. It\u2019s <em>the<\/em> story of the tournament. We\u2019ll talk about that and all of the other results from last night, and look at what\u2019s to come. It never stops.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key events Iran have copied Cape Verde with three draws \u2026 but they thought they\u2019d won it against Egypt. Their future at the tournament remains uncertain. Share Marcelo Bielsa gives it straight. Uruguay have failed to make it past the group stage for the second World Cup in a row. double quotation markI have not 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