Overview
- Argentina plays first‑time participants Cape Verde on Friday, July 3 at 6 p.m. ET in Miami in a win‑or‑go‑home Round of 32 match.
- Argentina finished the group stage with three straight wins to top Group J and enters the knockout phase as one of the tournament favorites.
- Lionel Messi remains a central figure after scoring six tournament goals to sit level with Kylian Mbappé as the match approaches.
- Cape Verde makes its World Cup debut as an underdog that has already produced viral moments, including goalkeeper Vozinha’s standout performance earlier in the tournament.
- Fox will carry the English broadcast with streaming on Fubo and the FOX One App and a Spanish broadcast available on Peacock and Telemundo, and the match winner will travel to Atlanta to face the Australia–Egypt victor on July 7.