Argentina also acknowledged the tiny nation off the coast of West Africa on their official Weibo account after the hard-fought victory.

An island nation of just over half a million inhabitants, Cape Verde pulled off the unthinkable by reaching the last 32.

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…