This is not the round of 32 matchup the defending World Cup champion expected, but it's the one it got as Argentina prepares to face off with Cape Verde on Friday in Miami. Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni said he is not concerned about the fact that all but two of the Albicelestes goals were scored by Lionel Messi,

The prospect of facing World Cup record goalscorer Lionel Messi in a knockout game would strike fear into most defenders, but not Roberto Lopes, according to the Cape Verde defender's mother.

Mendes has been accused of raping a woman who had been hired to work with the team during a tournament in New Zealand earlier this year.

FOX Sports' Kasper Schmeichel compares Cape Verde's underdog story to his 2016 Premier League championship with Leicester City.

Reaction from day 17 at the World Cup as we built up to the final group games and covered news from France, Iran, Spain and beyond