We are down to the final day of the marathon 72-game World Cup group stage.The penultimate set of six games did not offer too many surprises on the pitch, but there was one powerful story at its heart: Cape Verde qualified from Group H after having the better of a goalless draw with Saudi Arabia.A collection of 10 islands off the west coast of Africa, with a population of about 525,000, is now the smallest nation to ever reach the World Cup’s knockout phase.Advertisement
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