Cape Verde's heartbreak, a viral dog... Friday's World Cup best
After a Friday packed with football at the World Cup, here are the most surprising images from a historic matchday.
🤣 ‘Memo’ Ochoa reading Gilberto Mora a bedtime story
With the running joke that Gilberto Mora is Mexico’s great young prospect at just 17 years old, 40-year-old ‘Memo’ Ochoa went to read him a bedtime story and bring him some coloring books before he went to sleep.
📸 ‘STOP’ interviews and photos with Messi
Cape Verde’s players interrupted Leo Messi’s post-match interview to take photos with him. An unforgettable moment for them.
😢 From madness… to sadness in Cape Verde
Sidny Lopes scored one of the goals of the World Cup against Argentina. A thunderous right-footed strike that will go down in history. He then went to celebrate in the stands, where he found his girlfriend and hugged her amid the madness.
But then came the heartbreak, with even children crying over the African team’s defeat. They dreamed, they came close to a miracle, and they went down fighting. Respect.
😱 Egypt watched a Real Madrid-Levante match before the penalty shootout
While waiting for the penalty shootout, Egypt’s staff watched spot kicks taken against Matthew Ryan. The Australian came on in the 118th minute for the shootout, a move that backfired, and the Africans took the chance to watch the penalty Mbappé scored against him in a Real Madrid-Levante LaLiga match.
🐕 The viral dog from Argentina-Cape Verde
Among the crowd at Argentina-Cape Verde, we saw a very unusual fan: a dog wearing noise-canceling headphones. A World Cup will never stop surprising us.
🇦🇺 Australian invasion at Walmart
Australia’s fans took over the Walmart in Arlington before the match against Egypt and had to be removed by police. The Oceania supporters themselves came out shouting: “they’re deporting us.”
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