Diney Borges, wey be 31 years old defender, don become di main man for Cabo Verde national team. Dis man wey full name na Edilson Alberto Monteiro Sanches Borges, dey play as central defender for left side. E dey currently play for Al-Bataeh CSC for UAE first division, but Trabzonspor wey dey Turkey dey look am.
Borges don dey with Cabo Verde for almost ten years now. But now e get di biggest challenge of im career. Cabo Verde go face Argentina for di round of 32 of 2026 World Cup. Di African team dey hope to cause big upset.
Di team get strong belief wey Borges talk about. E tell Marca USA say: “1% of chances, 99% of faith. Dat motto na wetin bring us here, and we go carry am for dis match.”
Borges name start to shine for dis World Cup after im performance against Spain. E make 18 defensive contributions without any error. Against Uruguay, e still get same number of contributions, but dem score two goals on am and e collect yellow card. Against Saudi Arabia, e play clean again with 9 correct contributions and 58 accurate passes.
Now, for di match against Argentina, Borges go get di job to mark Lionel Messi. Dis go be big test for di Cabo Verde star.
