Pico Lopes has launched Africa Day 2024, with a flagship event taking place at Royal Hospital Kilmainham on May 19
Pico Lopes feels back to his best after revealing how emotionally drained he was by Cape Verde’s dramatic AFCON exit.
“It was tough mentally, especially off the back of the previous AFCON where that was down to illness .Lopes didn’t take a penalty but said: “We met up on January 1 and there were lads practising penos after every training session. “That’s probably something I didn’t really cater for until I got back home and realised I had to say ‘I’m just a bit down here’.
AFCON takes place in Morocco next year, but next up for Cape Verde are World Cup qualifiers away to Cameroon and home to Libya in June. “No look, the wedding is booked a long time and it's something I've wanted to do for a long time and that takes precedence over everything.
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