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Spain 0-0 Cape Verde: Sid Lowe’s opening words of his match report from the Atlanta Stadium were “Wow, just wow” and that somehow feels like an understatement. After all, the European champions Spain were held to a shock 0-0 draw by tiny World Cup debutants Cape Verde.

Spain, regarded as one of the strong pre-tournament favourites, had been expected to cruise past Cape Verde in their Group H opener but despite enjoying 74% possession and laying siege to the Cape Verde goal, the 2010 world champions were unable to find a breakthrough against the underdogs from the volcanic archipelago of just 525,000 people. Not even the introduction off the bench of Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal could engineer a goal for Luis de la Fuente’s men.

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