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Hristo Stoichkov, the 1994 Ballon d'Or winner, was among the special guests in the VIP box at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, witnessing the thrilling 2-2 draw between Cape Verde and Uruguay in Group H of the 2026 World Cup.
These historic goals, marking Cape Verde's first-ever at a FIFA World Cup finals, were scored under the watchful eyes of the legendary Bulgarian number eight and other former top-tier athletes from recent history.
Before the match kicked off, Brazilian football legend Marcos Evangelista de Morais, better known as Cafu, posted a photo on his Instagram profile. The image showed him posing from the stadium's boxes in Miami alongside Stoichkov, the great tactician Arsène Wenger – 'The Professor,' Roberto Baggio, and a constellation of other footballing greats.
The match was also attended by
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