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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 BrazilâÄ™s World Cup team. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)