Uruguay and Cape Verde played out a 2-2 draw in their second World Cup Group H game in which the tournament debutants went toe-to-toe with the South American heavyweights in an entertaining end-to-end game on Sunday.
Cape Verde, who drew 0-0 with Spain in their opening match, took the lead in the 21st minute after Telmo Arcanjo earned a free kick following a blistering run and Kevin Pina stepped up to drill home a low shot from 31 metres out for his country’s first ever goal at the World Cup finals.
Uruguay turned things around before halftime, however, when Maxi Araujo pounced on a rebound to equalise with a header before he set up Agustin Canobbio with another header to make it 2-1 at the break.
Cape Verde substitute Helio Varela struck two minutes after coming on in the second half when he pounced on Mathias Olivera’s loose back pass in no man’s land, drawing the goalkeeper off his line to fire into an empty net.
Both teams are on two points behind group leaders Spain, who have four points heading into the final round of games. Reuters