Pico Lopes

I'm probably a bit rusty.

That's my first number of minutes since April.

So I was happy to get under the belt.

There's probably times in the ball that I probably could use it better.

But the important thing and the biggest thing to me, you weren't afraid to make mistakes today.

And I think that's something we had to sort of embrace.

If you're going to get the ball away, you're going to make mistakes.

They're going to be really good in attack.

So it's important that you switch on, you react to mistakes and get back defensive, which I thought we done really well.

No, absolutely, yeah.

It definitely hits you in life.

And the support I've had from everyone that I've met along the way, like I said, from the immediate family, from friends, League of Ireland supporters, like...

everyone back home made me feel like really supportive and it gives me a bit of motivation to go out there and just sort of like show what I can do for them do you know what I mean I feel like I'm representing all the people who wish me well and yeah I suppose that point out there is for them as well You sent me the full audio I definitely heard David Snade in there I'm 99% sure I heard Sid Lowe in there and I think Martin Lipton in there was that the four?

Yeah, absolutely.

I don't take this sentiment lightly.

I do feel like I'm representing two countries at this World Cup.

That's because of the support I've felt.

I think it's been saying the send-off I got from the road I grew up on.

That's something that will stick with me forever.

Growing up on that road where I played football and played World Cups.