📅 03/07/26🕒 22:00🏟️ Hard Rock Stadium🧑⚖️ Drew Fischer, Canada
Biggest Swing+2.71 xT111' Diney BorgesCards2
Argentina 3-2 Cape Verde — xTears 16.13 (03/07/26)
Argentina nicked it 3-2 against Cape Verde on 3 July 2026 in the World Cup Round of 32. Total damage: 16.13 xTears.
The heaviest blows came from L. Messi 29' goal (+1.41 xT) and Diney Borges 111' own goal (+2.71 xT).
This was a proper rollercoaster, with the game swinging all over the place. The knife twist arrived right at the death: late winner (Diney Borges at 111').
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How it unfolded
Timeline
29'
Goal
L. Messi - Argentina
Assist: Lisandro Martínez
59'
Goal
Deroy Duarte - Cape Verde
Assist: Ryan Mendes
93'
Goal
Lisandro Martínez - Argentina
Assist: A. Mac Allister
103'
Goal
S. Lopes Cabral - Cape Verde
111'
Own goal
Diney Borges - Argentina
Absolute chaos
🧨
12.56
111'
Own goal
+2.71 xT
Diney Borges - Argentina
93'
Goal
+2.00 xT
Lisandro Martínez - Argentina
Assist: A. Mac Allister
103'
Goal
+1.76 xT
S. Lopes Cabral - Cape Verde
29'
Goal
+1.41 xT
L. Messi - Argentina
Assist: Lisandro Martínez
Late drama
🔥
10.86
111'
Own goal
+2.71 xT
Diney Borges - Argentina
93'
Goal
+2.00 xT
Lisandro Martínez - Argentina
Assist: A. Mac Allister
103'
Goal
+1.76 xT
S. Lopes Cabral - Cape Verde
115'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
G. Montiel - Argentina
Cruelty
😈
2.71
111'
Own goal
+2.71 xT
Diney Borges - Argentina
Crushed hope
💔
2.71
111'
Own goal
+2.71 xT
Diney Borges - Argentina
All-out war
🟥
1.97
115'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
G. Montiel - Argentina
68'
Yellow card
+0.92 xT
Kevin Pina - Cape Verde
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
Barely left a bruise
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