{"id":536235,"date":"2026-07-06T19:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/536235\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:29:11","slug":"pico-lopes-gets-heros-welcome-at-dublin-airport-after-cape-verdes-fairytale-world-cup-run-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/536235\/","title":{"rendered":"Pico Lopes gets hero&#039;s welcome at Dublin Airport after Cape Verde&#039;s fairytale World Cup run &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNMEVzSDNqVDJMblVweUxLRUJBYU9kc0hHSzB5aWR6alNFRU1TWE9SRmMzT29DbFd6QWxwOWgzMDZGWkV2NHQ2UnRqbUw3U3FFOWFOTmJyWUlYcnZnQk55andRZEpZUEt0anAwZUxscGV3cEFlR0FIU3RGYmJZRzF6TldjdUZyYjNwRzZvelZOUllFNzJjQ214WUVMZ2IzcEloY1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pico Lopes gets hero&#8217;s welcome at Dublin Airport after Cape Verde&#8217;s fairytale World Cup run<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQcHk5blYxeEhIa2RZVUJNTDJfT2Z2aG4zVUc5blJzN2xyS3dtSEl2eE1SalpwYklrYllBdjNKVjVORXU0T2Vra3BFSEI3emhpN1h2RXVYNDg4SjU3cFRMTVRFaFdqbkFCVmpFbmJIU2RKdmI2am8zRlBnc2JtQkdNT2FUNjB5dkhHT1NEcW9QQUFRVHBhZ2UwbFpPSnhLWjA2YXlYVHoyMlBPS0NXbURhWTcyWGV3Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roberto &#8216;Pico&#8217; Lopes welcomed home after Cape Verde World Cup adventure<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxQTlVlM2dCNzBCeVRVbUVmY3BUbW9GcDZvaXBCcDlPU05zV3dsdEhnQkFBM0tTYUphZkhrZks5QllGeFhkWXl3QVgxaTdYVm5McnFETFk4TWNkak9qdFlZZFFPOXJQellBcTdQUE1vV2hSeWdWa2k2UWt1NGVybFlWYjk2OGxKRHVhOFFkY3VGbTJpcURtZzlGZUtYTGp2bXFoX0hhTEZXYlFwNjBDQVVwR3RqUXlnQkxuSEN4Nl9TR3ZUeVVNcTFJOGhVa0tDSFJET1Q4YVF0ODAzSGdnN2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018If Pico was 24 we\u2019d get \u20ac10m for him\u2019 \u2014 Stephen Bradley on Roberto Lopes\u2019 World Cup fairy tale<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTFBFOEFlZG1iTnh5Y09wMEtCa21SbTJCV0R1VFVTYkR0aHlLZDZWYmpibnI2Z1BDLVhHSk5nUFRVWDdlRi00WWU0WGQtMEppXzlEbUl3XzNCckpPb25rNXI5YUdTOHc3eFNadUowYXdjN2czOGM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colin Sheridan: What Pico Lopes and Cape Verde can teach Ireland about international football<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTFBfaDgxdjRpLVZzcElPeTBZWDNvVmJ1S3dEUUdzcTVaTGZ1UnpiWHdnbXRiZ1lHOHpsZDFDamNtRjdicWU0LThnM3c2ejFIZXd4anF2WnJ5ajR5S2VGcmdDQXRhWlZrcVdXb3hHSGpZb2VWRjc1eWZN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pico Lopes joins RT\u00c9 World Cup panel for Argentina and England ties<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The 42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pico Lopes gets hero&#8217;s welcome at Dublin Airport after Cape Verde&#8217;s fairytale World Cup run&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalRoberto &#8216;Pico&#8217; Lopes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[51959,11900,42,139614,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-536235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cape-verde","tag-dublin-airport","tag-headlines","tag-hero","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536235","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=536235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}