{"id":524411,"date":"2026-06-29T16:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/524411\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:36:10","slug":"pico-lopes-mother-says-he-will-relish-challenge-of-defending-against-messi-this-friday-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/524411\/","title":{"rendered":"Pico Lopes&#039; mother says he will &#039;relish&#039; challenge of defending against Messi this Friday &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOOGhJSXVIZnhMSWdBZnQtWkY0bVFTMlcxRENKQU1mb3RnRnFZb1NkY2tiaEd5ZndabXV0VWhkX3B2aWtHUWV6UnU3dndNQU53TGJEZEZwYURqOVA3aXZUOXJSazY0S2Q3NGhFSW5UTmk1OW1Qa0NaeWNRQTBJYWpDYVhibVpWYXNhNmx5SlJQSUdlaUhWQXQtTTVDVzZIajVEYlZRay1GekhZUjk1VG5fVXhicVctVW1S?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pico Lopes&#8217; mother says he will &#8216;relish&#8217; challenge of defending against Messi this Friday<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4wFBVV95cUxNeDExYTBFbi1ZSGRWN2paZlpCVmtFN2VJYVo0eWEzZ2lOM1YyR1kxM1dWV0QzN0xmcjViM183TW5lLUpFMmtVcU10VXNfYXpMVmp2MXEzYUU2R0VuS1hqQXB0ZTFDYmVmZGd4SC1KeFBPUGJMSTdtdy1vc0E2VVdBdUUzU2t4bDU2d1E5bGVlZTRGemZOUkdfRXF0YWZTcTJZYi1CdHpueG52NFlzODR1OHZKeVBSUURGb3VIcWtCWnlobzROcDlyRTdCTHRXc082eWVraWc5NEFBaXFick1oYVI1MA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Complete fairytale\u2019 &#8211; Aer Lingus to fly Pico Lopes\u2019 family to Florida for World Cup knockout match<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxNVm5fT25KaGVWU1EtN2ZyZWdwZVhnOTRRdVBjYV82b01maFNVcG1KQTZXUnFBaVpTRDhNV0tVeHpoai16aW5WYXg1bzh4NlFMSlNRNmtFRGVkWXBPcnNJZnQ0UlZOUURNa2ZPd1VoYlNzdXNEWEpJYktRU1J4NjZ0UlRqVWRabzRZdG1CM0puN1FmSFJoT0hIUW5sa09tc29qb0tyOXVLUjc4MXlzcVZLbi1rWWZRODB0ZDRhdDdQdGFPdEw4c1lpdDJRMzQxRWs2?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Judy Lopes says her son Pico will \u2018relish\u2019 World Cup showdown against Lionel Messi<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibkFVX3lxTE9CN1JpRDBnV0F2Q1J6VXdSZTNfZm9vMkxiOFZzbjd5alNTWnB1NzN1QVZjVzRDOHVUbExSQ3RDMW9WY3NJQkxrSlc1WkplYzNwTllfVXdFSzNRb2JEN2dLdUNoX1FES2VEMjlUOHdn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cork-based Andrea &#8216;so proud&#8217; of her native Cape Verde and Pico&#8217;s role in their journey<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE1QeG45ek5KajlzaXNJQnpMNWhxMG1GQkh6UlFyc2syOGQtMWNsaERIdEMxd2dsYUFZWGhvcUNSNW5TR0hQUFpQZExZdnpqNnRobE1MaGJtaU5VcXZHeHVJYm44UlBuMG5oOExBYW5kZVZPSHRfVnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Family, friends of Pico &#8216;so proud&#8217; as Cape Verde progress<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pico Lopes&#8217; mother says he will &#8216;relish&#8217; challenge of defending against Messi this Friday&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal\u2018Complete fairytale\u2019 &#8211; Aer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[601,3858,51959,61,60,223435,28776,51962,223436,223437,112],"class_list":["post-524411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-aer-lingus","tag-argentina","tag-cape-verde","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-judy-lopes","tag-lionel-messi","tag-pico-lopes","tag-picomania","tag-roberto-lopes","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}