Pico Lopes interview: “Third place might be enough, football doesn’t always respect the odds, there are upsets – this is the stuff of dreams!” Cape Verde’s Irish hero speaks to FourFourTwo

Posted on June 16, 2026 by GoalVerseNews

First called up by Cape Verde via LinkedIn, the Shamrock Rovers defender may be the only Irish-born footballer at this World Cup. Spain down, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia await