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Feels like ‘victory’: Cape Verde celebrates heroic World Cup defeat

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Praia – Applause erupted, drums began to beat and car horns honked: Cape Verde’s narrow loss to Argentina was cause for celebration early Saturday in Praia as the Blue Sharks’ World Cup dream run came to a sad but brilliant end.
The African archipelago of just over 500,000 people progressed to the knockout stages in their first ever World Cup after drawing with European champions Spain, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia in the group stage.
However after an epic last-32 contest in Miami

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