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Happy family. Just caught up with Pico’s proud parents Carlos and Judy and his younger brother Jacques (he’s due to go home tomorrow) here in Atlanta
Some good stuff coming from them in the morning on @IndoSport
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Video diary from Atlanta includes chat with Pico Lopes’ wife Leah about the family journey they are taking across 🇺🇸 and ends with some footage of his 98 year old grandad appearing on Brazilian television a few weeks back
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‘I feel like I’m representing all the people who have wished me well’ – Emotional Pico Lopes reflects on famous day in Atlanta
Some good lines from him here about the day, his son sleeping through the first half and the wider significance of his story
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Pico Lopes reaction coming shortly. Took him a while to reach mixed zone as he was FaceTiming the Shamrock Rovers squad who had convened to watch
He also described his own performance as ‘rusty’ - drew an incredulous response from some of the overseas journalists in the scrum
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Bumping this piece from this morning
“Pico’s from Crumlin. I’m from Dolphin’s Barn. We live in a little road in Kilnamanagh. To say that he’s in a World Cup..it's crazy"
Pico Lopes' wife Leah is here in Atlanta with family & friends, living a surreal dream
Spoke with them over the weekend.
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Incredible
Thought the build-up to this game would be the peak of the Pico Lopes story
But now it’s going to be the aftermath
Full time Cape Verde 0 Spain 0
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Cape Verde make it to the second half hydration break (in an air conditioned stadium) with the scores still level
Roars from crowd as seems Lamine Yamal may be on the way
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Half-time and it's Cape Verde 0 Spain 0. Few good clearances and blocks from Pico but Spain turning the screw in the last few mins and Cape Verde definitely need the recharge.
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Atlanta Stadium. Quite the arena for Pico Lopes to become the first active League of Ireland player to line out at a World Cup - against the European champions and pre tournament favourites
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Mentioned in piece on Sun but nice that Dundalk allowed Keith Buckley to come and attend this game.
Was best man at Pico's wedding and they were born on the same day (June 17, 1992) - came through at Belvo/Bohs together
He's due to land tomorrow and go straight to training
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Bit different to the old Belfield Bowl team announcements to be the fair
His wife is sick of the LinkedIn story being told again and again but it was definitely a good decision to reply the second time
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“Pico’s from Crumlin. I’m from Dolphin’s Barn. We live in a little road in Kilnamanagh. To say that he’s in a World Cup..it's crazy"
Pico Lopes' wife Leah is here in Atlanta with family & friends, living a surreal dream
Spoke with them over the weekend.
independent.ie/sport/soccer/…
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Pico Lopes and his Cape Verde teammates having a look around the stadium in Atlanta ahead of their Monday meeting with Spain. Huge moment in the career of Pico who is looking to become the first active LOI player to feature in the competition
Incredible arena
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PM shout for this piece. How Pico nearly quit football at U13 when his Lourdes team broke up because of the goalkeeper leaving. And some nice words on Graham Parkinson whose name kept coming up in chats with 1992 players.
Dublin schoolboy football's class of 1992 was special
But only one will play at a World Cup
Ahead of Atlanta, a piece on the Pico Lopes story with reference to Brady, Hendrick, Doherty, Belvo v Kevin's, the late Graham Parkinson and Pico's unlikely rise
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Dublin schoolboy football's class of 1992 was special
But only one will play at a World Cup
Ahead of Atlanta, a piece on the Pico Lopes story with reference to Brady, Hendrick, Doherty, Belvo v Kevin's, the late Graham Parkinson and Pico's unlikely rise
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A piece on Canada’s opening joy and how the bigger picture meant the locals needed to embrace the joy of the 1-1 moral victory independent.ie/sport/soccer/…
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A first World Cup point for Canada but players look more disappointed than anything at full time. That game became very stretched and error strewn late on - games will be played in warmer temperatures but the sides put a lot into it. Good fun though.
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