Disbelief after Cape Verde's stunning World Cup upset: 'In thirty years, we'll truly grasp this'

César is one of five members of the rap group Broederliefde. They were in the United States during the World Cup at the invitation of Adidas. They attended a match between the Dutch national team and Japan, and also witnessed Cape Verde's draw. "This is truly unique, a special trip," the musician told Sportnieuws.nl.

What made it even more special was that one of Broederliefde's members is the older brother of striker Dailon Livramento. "And now you're at the World Cup, even starting... It's just surreal," an ecstatic César recounted. "We might have been 15,000 Cape Verdeans, but we made more noise than all those Spaniards and Americans who came to support Lamine Yamal."

He is therefore "super proud" of his compatriots. "This was David versus Goliath. What do you do? You mainly have to defend and hope to keep a clean sheet, so you get a point and maybe later you can beat Uruguay or Saudi Arabia. Then the chance of progressing suddenly becomes very high," César mused aloud. "You could only have dreamed of this beforehand."

"The confidence is enormous now and it will only grow. The support is also increasing. More Cape Verdeans will travel to America to support our country. If we can continue to fuel our players with confidence and support, then a place in the round of sixteen would be wonderful, and the quarter-finals even more so," he looked ahead.

The draw was celebrated grandly by Cape Verdeans. "Look at the reaction of Vozinha (the now popular goalkeeper, ed.)," Edson offered as an example. "This just felt like a 3-0 victory. Look at Rotterdam - I don't know if you saw it..." There, people took to the streets, just like in Cape Verde. "It's as if we won the World Cup. This is for our parents, ancestors, children, and grandchildren. In thirty years, we'll truly realize what happened here."

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