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Crime-ridden Brazilian city honors local boy Vinicius Jr.

Boys play football at the Flamengo Sao Gonçalo school where Brazilian player Vinicius Jr., who was selected to compete in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, trained early in his career, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Boys play football at the Flamengo Sao Gonçalo school where Brazilian player Vinicius Jr., who was selected to compete in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, trained early in his career, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Boys play football at the Flamengo Sao Gonçalo school where Brazilian player Vinicius Jr., who was selected to compete in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, trained early in his career, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) A boy chests a soccer ball at the Flamengo Sao Goncalo school where Brazilian player Vinicius Jr., who was selected to compete in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, trained early in his career, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Students celebrate as they learn that Vinicius Jr. is on the list of players for the 2022 Soccer World Cup in Qatar, at the Paulo Freire municipal school where he studied, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. Today, Vinicius is a key figure on Brazil’s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Students play with cards from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar before the announcement of the list of players from the Brazil national team who will compete in the competition, at the municipal school Paulo Reglus Neves Freire where the player Vinicius Jr. studied, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. Today, Vinicius is a key figure on Brazil’s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Students dance as they wait for Coach Tite to announce his list of players for the 2022 Soccer World Cup in Qatar, at the Paulo Freire municipal school where Vinicius Jr. studied, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. Today, Vinicius is a key figure on Brazil’s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) A student colors in a Brazilian football confederation crest, while waiting for the announcement of the list of players from the Brazil national team who will compete in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, at the municipal school Paulo Reglus Neves Freire where the player Vinicius Jr. studied, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. Today, Vinicius is a key figure on Brazil’s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Students wait for Coach Tite to announce his list of players for the 2022 Soccer World Cup in Qatar, at the Paulo Freire municipal school where the player Vinicius Jr. studied, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. Today, Vinicius is a key figure on Brazil’s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Students play with cards from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar before the announcement of the list of players from the Brazil national team who will compete in the competition, at the municipal school Paulo Reglus Neves Freire where the player Vinicius Jr. studied, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. Today, Vinicius is a key figure on Brazil’s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Students watch Brazil coach Tite announce his list of players for the 2022 Soccer World Cup in Qatar, at the Paulo Freire municipal school where player Vinicius Jr. studied, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. Today, Vinicius is a key figure on Brazil’s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Students play a game of foosball before the announcement of the list of Brazil national team players for the 2022 Soccer World Cup in Qatar, at the Paulo Freire municipal school where the player Vinicius Jr. studied, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. Today, Vinicius is a key figure on Brazil’s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Students play with soccer trading cards featuring World Cup Qatar 2022 players, at the Paulo Freire municipal school, where the player Vinicius Jr. studied, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. Today, Vinicius is a key figure on Brazil’s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Photos of Vinicius Jr. cover the wall where students wait for coach Tite to announce his list of players for the 2022 soccer World Cup in Qatar, at the Paulo Freire municipal school where the player Vinicius Jr. studied, in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Four years ago teenager Vinicius Jr. took his first medal from a professional soccer tournament home, a place where drug gangs and vigilantes fight for control and children dribble past garbage on the streets. Today, Vinicius is a key figure on Brazil’s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Crime-ridden Brazilian city honors local boy Vinicius Jr.