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