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“ Before we talk about the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Cape Verde started the World Cup qualifiers with four out of a possible six points, drawing at home with Angola and then winning away against Eswatini. Was that a good start?

We had been hoping to win all our home games, which is essential for a World Cup qualifying campaign, but the pitch and the windy conditions sort of levelled out the game against Angola. We had to dig in in the first half, and second half we showed a bit more quality and I

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