{"id":121091,"date":"2025-10-14T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/121091\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:12:08","slug":"shamrock-rovers-captain-pico-lopes-helps-cape-verde-qualify-for-world-cup-for-the-first-time-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/121091\/","title":{"rendered":"Shamrock Rovers captain Pico Lopes helps Cape Verde qualify for World Cup for the first time &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNcUVNQWtlS3Y4djNKMmtyMkVYWDFjeExtNXc3VzNJUTNJR1prUC1nZ3MwT2NSUS1YeXhwU1FMcV9aelV2ZHpSLWpaQjd6MlV5U0lGLUotbTdCTFg5eTQ1MVBEeUtFd1lBQ2JRVm50ZGhOcUFudDVtZDQyWmUzLURaSjltRGpzdjBNZHlKbVRhQnBMQ1hwRjZjY2ZtVHVQdXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shamrock Rovers captain Pico Lopes helps Cape Verde qualify for World Cup for the first time<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNSW5Pekp4UWlxOFQ1amlFNzc2WE9sYjQyaE9KTF9OOTk5X0xlLTBGeklBd05qenBYQ1dwUHJTWWxoRGJ0S2VoRmEwaW5CNzNrd05TZmJhME9LWFUyRld0aVJoV25nRjhsTlM2bUVhVU56cHR6Rm42QWhnQUctT25kOHZZNld1dThvOV9meVQ1TERNUzFodFpjSUJmSE1wdGhZemx3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I&#8217;m probably the luckiest person in the world&#8217; &#8211; Lopes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiYkFVX3lxTFBVQjRscjY4NW1DQVhhRHBjeGFpQ2psMzlhX2w3a3VxVktmQ3dKVVhIeDU3UTFEODR0YkJlb3U4ZkQtSEtxYWxFTDlhRVhCRVRubTdqMG1nTEdUTzVBakZFZUh3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cape Verde 3-0 Eswatini: Blue Sharks reach World Cup finals for first time<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNWUJSUUhNRUE1MzVDb2MwajkzUHB5Y2RrZy1oMkRQdFVJdmxGVkZZTWhWWU1pNklGWXh5dlNzbDdOSE5qRGhpdnhkTFBvX2lxcnpScExHbFJtS0Vyel96T3BWemNmSEdWRUdyeFdfb0NUN1planNZS25HeTAwWG42RTZOOHl4REVOalh1ZGlkZmxDYjk1SlhvTHAzMWkwUHZQWkI0V3pn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cape Verde seal historic debut place at World Cup 2026 and deny Cameroon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxQX1k5Y1hEVFRPZzl3ODZJXzV3Vkl4LWZlY3RPcE9PaU4yUkRNYk5icXlEOEVCTnpjME1sYmE3czlUOF8yZWJmQXdmOWdCSHdVcmgzSzY4ZW9DRnBYZWY1MDg0UXRMOFk3Tmp0eUFnS2VYYS1zUllubDJZS0gtZkJndFZQdXo0MlN1eDhnMDFfWVVwWHFXSkdXU05fbmJNQVJPQVh2eFZhMU1PY05QUTlrM1o0YS1IYnN1aXJZX3BKc0E5ejhXSm1Jb3pxV2xuNVgtcWVFVTh1Njk1emtOMUZlaUUxNTY3dXp4bVViY1FsalluU1hnWWc3MUJZaWk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cape Verde qualify for World Cup: Exclusive Pico Lopes interview as African nation reach tournament for first time<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shamrock Rovers captain Pico Lopes helps Cape Verde qualify for World Cup for the first time&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal &#8216;I&#8217;m&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[73793,18,22,73794,2953,73795,19,17,73796,13537,73797,132,73798,35350],"class_list":{"0":"post-121091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cape-verde","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-football-news","12":"tag-good-news","13":"tag-historic-win","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-pico-lopes","17":"tag-shamrock-rovers","18":"tag-soccer-news","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-world-cup-qualifiers","21":"tag-world-cup"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}