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Cabo Verde Sidny Lopes Cabral beats Messi and Mbappé to World Cup goal of the tournament honors

Cabo Verde Sidny Lopes Cabral beats Messi and Mbappé to World Cup goal of the tournament honors

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 Mbappé, and Julian Álvarez...

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Sidny Lopes Cabral of Cabo Verde has astonishingly won the Hyundai Goal of the Tournament at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, beating out global superstars like Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé.

The winning goal was a spectacular right-footed strike in extra time against Argentina during the Round of 32.
The player involved is 23-year-old left-back Sidny Lopes Cabral.
Despite Cabo Verde eventually losing the match 3-2 to the eventual runners-up, Cabral's goal secured over double the public vote support of any other finalist.

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