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Cape Verde’s Lopes Cabral’s goal wins Goal of the Tournament at 2026 World Cup
” Lilian Thuram’s mother famously fainted after watching her son score his second against Croatia in the 1998 World Cup semi-finals, and Lopes Cabral emulated another France full-back, Benjamin Pavard, in becoming the second player of his position – an unusual one in wonder-goal wars – to conquer.
The Rotterdammer’s right boot earned him an even bigger one as Cabo Verdean dwarves duelled Argentinian titans at the FIFA World Cup 2026™.
Sidny Lopes Cabral’s stunner for Cabo Verde against Argentina in the Round of 32 has been voted the Hyundai Goal of the Tournament for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
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