Overview
- Argentina beat Cabo Verde 3-2 after extra time at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium to claim a place in the tournament’s Round of 16.
- Lionel Messi opened the scoring and reached 20 career World Cup goals, taking his tournament total to seven and leading the Golden Boot race.
- Extra time produced a flurry of goals with Lisandro Martínez giving Argentina a temporary lead, Sidny Lopes Cabral equalizing, and a Cristian Romero header deflected in by Diney Borges for the winner.
- Goalkeeper Emiliano 'Dibu' Martínez made a crucial late save that likely prevented a 3-3 equalizer and helped preserve the victory.
- Cabo Verde won wide praise as one of the tournament’s surprise teams and the match drew very high TV ratings in Argentina while the champions ready to move their base to Atlanta for the July 7 match against Egypt.