Cape Verde 3-0 Serbia Highlights International Friendly: Blue Sharks Win Big In World Cup Warm-Up

Good evening, football fans! This is the start of our live blog covering the international friendly between Cape Verde and Serbia. Stay tuned for pre-match updates and line-ups as they are released.

• Fixture: Cape Verde vs Serbia

• Series: FIFA International Friendly

• Venue: Estadio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal

• Date: Sunday, May 31, 2026

• Time: 8:30 PM IST

It’s a sunny day in Lisbon, and the referee blows his whistle to get tonight’s friendly match underway between Cape Verde and Serbia.

After a fairly slow start from both sides, Cape Verde take the lead against the run of play as Kevin Pina finds the back of the net, turning in Ryan Mendes’ ball.

Three bookings in quick sucession. Cape Verde’s Monteiro is shown a yellow card for a late tackle. Zivkovic is booked for his reaction and Pina also joins him in the referee’s books.

Half an hour of football has been played in Lisbon, and Cape Verde has held off Serbia’s presses to maintain their slender lead. The Eagles are attacking in search of an equaliser, but they are yet to trouble Vozinha’s goal.

Cape Verde are holding on to the ball well as time is ticking away in the first half. Let’s see how many minutes are added on at the end of regulation time.

After three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blows his whistle to bring the first half to an end. A brilliant effort from Cape Verde, who have successfully held of pressure from the Serbians to preseve their one-goal lead.

Both sets of players are out on the pitch and the second half is underway in Lisbon. Four changes at the break for Serbia, with Stulic, Zukic, Lucic, and Randjelovic all coming on for the Eagles. Cape Verde bring in CJ dos Santos, Helio Varela, Benchimol, Laros Duarte, Logan Costa, Diney, and Steven Moreira.

A few minutes after Lucic hit the post with a thunderous effort, Laros Varela finds the back of the net just before the hour mark to double Cape Verde’s lead tonight. Fellow substitute Varela with the assist.

It takes just four mintues for Cape Verde to find the third goal. This time, Duarte turns the assist provider, teeing up Benchimol with a low cross, and the latter finds the back of the net.

15 minutes of regulation time remains in the contest, and it looks like Cape Verde will clinch a comfortable win over Serbia, who have attacked all night without really threatening to score.

Both sides make changes, with Joao Paulo and Livramento coming on for Cape Verde. Serbia bring on Mihailo Ivanovic.

The regulation ninety minutes are up, and it seems unlikely that Serbia will pull back a consolation goal. Let’s see how many minutes of stoppage time will be added, since there haven’t been a lot of stoppages in play.

Just a solitary mintue of stoppage time before the referee blows his whistle to bring the match to an end. It has been a thunderous performance from Cape Verde, who have dominated Serbia from the start and sealed a big win.