The crowd in Guadalajara sang the name of the team that had knocked Uruguay out. It wasn't Spain. It was Cape Verde - a nation of 525,000 pe

The crowd in Guadalajara sang the name of the team that had knocked Uruguay out. It wasn't Spain. It was Cape Verde - a nation of 525,000 people spread across 10 volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean, making their World Cup debut, and now the smallest nation in tournament history to reach the knockout stage.Uruguay's 1-0 defeat to Spain was self-inflicted in the most painful way. Fernando Muslera, the 40-year-old goalkeeper who answered Marcelo Bielsa's call to come out of international retirement, let Álex Baena's tame shot slip through his hands and over the line just before half-time. He didn't...