About This Match
This is a clash of giants who refuse to be measured by size! In one corner, URUGUAY — 3.5 million souls who hoisted the very first World Cup in 1930 and broke a nation's heart with the Maracanazo, a fortress of grit who'll sit deep and gut you on the counter! In the other, the BLUE SHARKS of CAPE VERDE — an Atlantic archipelago that keeps spitting in the face of logic, athletic, disciplined, and hungry to write their own miracle! Two underdogs by population, two heavyweights by heart — and when these counter-punchers collide, somebody's history is getting rewritten!
Cape Verde
Human Rights & Country Data
Uruguay
Freedom House
Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)
UN Human Development Index
Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)
Transparency International
Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner
ILGA World
Legal status of same-sex relationships
Cape Verde
Freedom House
Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)
UN Human Development Index
Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)
Transparency International
Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner
ILGA World
Legal status of same-sex relationships