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Published 12:21 7 Jan 2022 GMT
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"I was absolutely delighted as I never thought it was a real opportunity and it just presented itself in front of me - I'm just so glad I wrote back to him in time!
"Growing up, you often got the prank phone calls pretending to be a club in England. You don't know how genuine the social media contact is until you get formal contact. The English message settled me and removed the scepticism I had."
https://twitter.com/FutebolCabo/status/1310766915871281152 Lopes eventually went on to make his debut for Cape Verde in 2019 in a friendly against Togo and despite his concerns over the language barrier, was made to feel at home as soon as he linked up with the squad for the first time. He said: "I was very excited to play international football but the nerves were due to the language. "My mother's Irish and my dad speaks Creole but I never learned it. But once I landed and met the rest of my teammates, they were fantastic with me."Everyone spoke English, they all made the effort with me and helped me learn bits and pieces of Creole to help me when I'm on the pitch. It was brilliant, my first trip was amazing."
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