At Fernandes’s elementary school, Escola Basica 2/3 Gueifaes, his English teacher Cristina Almeida remembers a boy whose only dream was to be a footballer and one day play in the Premier League.
“He was a special one,” she says. “I can still see him running to the classroom, the football under his arm, sweating and panting and me having him wash his face before going to his place.
He had a hard time balancing his studies with training and matches, let alone homework. Sometimes he couldn’t do it so I would get angry and say, ‘Bruno, do you think you’re going to be another Cristiano Ronaldo? Do you? Forget the football, do your homework and study. That is your future, okay?’
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