{"id":148354,"date":"2026-07-29T14:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/cabo-verdes-sidny-lopes-cabral-beats-messi-and-mbappe-to-world-cup-goal-of-the-tournament-honors\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:08:17","slug":"cabo-verdes-sidny-lopes-cabral-beats-messi-and-mbappe-to-world-cup-goal-of-the-tournament-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/cabo-verdes-sidny-lopes-cabral-beats-messi-and-mbappe-to-world-cup-goal-of-the-tournament-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabo Verde\u2019s Sidny Lopes Cabral beats Messi and Mbapp\u00e9 to World Cup goal of the tournament honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sidny Lopes Cabral has been named winner of the Hyundai Goal of the Tournament at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, seeing off competition from a shortlist that included Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, and Julian \u00c1lvarez.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old left-back\u2019s moment of magic came in the Round of 32 against defending champions Argentina in Miami Gardens, where Cabo Verde, appearing at their first-ever World Cup, pushed the eventual runners-up to the brink. Cutting inside past Alexis Mac Allister, Lopes Cabral curled a right-footed strike beyond goalkeeper Emiliano Mart\u00ednez and into the far top corner, leveling the match at 2-2 deep into extra time. Argentina would go on to win 3-2, but the goal became one of the enduring images of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA confirmed the strike topped the public vote after comfortably winning its Round of 32 phase weeks earlier, ultimately claiming more than double the support of any other finalist.<\/p>\n<p>For Cabo Verde, a nation of fewer than 600,000 people making history simply by qualifying, the award adds another remarkable chapter to their World Cup story, proof that a single moment of brilliance can outshine the world\u2019s biggest stars.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/cabo-verdes-sidny-lopes-cabral-beats-messi-and-mbappe-to-world-cup-goal-of-the-tournament-honors\/\">Cabo Verde\u2019s Sidny Lopes Cabral beats Messi and Mbapp\u00e9 to World Cup goal of the tournament honors<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sidny Lopes Cabral has been named winner of the Hyundai Goal of the Tournament at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, seeing off competition from a shortlist that included Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, and Julian \u00c1lvarez. The 23-year-old left-back\u2019s moment of magic came in the Round of 32 against defending champions Argentina in Miami Gardens, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}