How Cape Verde plan to 'surprise people' at the World Cup

Cape Verde’s presence at this World Cup, where they take on favourites Spain in their opening game, is one of the fairy-tales of this tournament. But it has been coming. “I believe we can surprise people once again,” Telmo Arcanjo tells Sky Sports.

Their attacking midfielder has a point. Cape Verde are far from the lowest-ranked nation at this World Cup. In fact, they are currently above a Ghana team that includes many familiar Premier League names. They finished well clear of Cameroon in qualifying.