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06/26 13:07 CDT The sounds of Dua Lipa interrupt Portugal coach Roberto
Martnez's World Cup news conference
The sounds of Dua Lipa interrupt Portugal coach Roberto Martnez's World Cup
news conference
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) --- A special guest crashed Portugal coach Roberto
Martnez's news conference Friday: Grammy winner Dua Lipa.
Her sound, anyway.
Speakers inside the interview room at the stadium started blaring some of
Lipa's songs for a few minutes in the middle of Martnez's availability
session. It wasn't totally clear why --- some wires got crossed, evidently,
during a rehearsal happening inside the stadium --- but nobody seemed to mind
that it happened.
Martinez even swayed a little in his chair while workers tried to find a way to
silence the music.
"Dua Lipa's supporting Portugal, I believe," he said.
Lipa --- the three-time Grammy-winning, London-born, British Albanian singing
powerhouse --- is a huge soccer fan and has been at countless major events in
recent years. And when Martinez was asked later in his news conference about
the balance of his midfield play so far in the tournament, he couldn't resist
bringing the talk back to the music.
"Balance and Dua Lipa, those were the two main topics," Martnez said.
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