Cape Verde have Pico Lopes in their ranks as they eye an almighty World Cup shock against Argentina and Lionel Messi - but they'll have the backing of Shamrock Rovers

Time for League of Ireland fans to row in behind Pico Lopes and Cape Verde

MIAMI, July 1 : By any measure, Cape Verde should have next to no chance of knocking Argentina and Lionel Messi out of the World Cup on Friday, but the Africans have huge…

Cape Verde have Pico Lopes in their ranks as they eye an almighty World Cup shock against Argentina and Lionel Messi - but they'll have the backing of Shamrock Rovers

‘Nothing fazes him’: Pico Lopes’s childhood coach backs Cape Verde to beat Argentina

Cape Verde's stunning progress to the World Cup knockout stages is "no accident" said Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni as he warned his side about the threat posed by the Blue Sharks…

Cape Verde head coach Bubista said a showdown against Argentina and Lionel Messi will be the "match of our lives" but said they will not fear the defending World Cup champions in…

Cape Verde's stunning progress to the World Cup knockout stages is "no accident" said Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni as he warned his side about the threat posed by the Blue Sharks…

The prospect of facing Lionel Messi could even overwhelm a top football nation. But Cape Verde aren't. | Football News

Cape Verde will take on the World Cup holders, Argentina, in Miami on Friday, having remarkably finished second in a group containing Spain, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia

A classic David versus Goliath encounter will take centre stage at the World Cup on Friday as tiny Cape Verde face Lionel Messi and Argentina with a place in the last 16 at stake.

Tiny Cape Verde faces Lionel Messi's Argentina in a historic World Cup knockout match. Can the smallest nation pull off the greatest upset?

The good news for Cape Verde is the pulled off what most people thought was impossible: qualifying for the knockout stage in their first-ever World Cup appearan