He spends a long day on the water but finally returns to the beach, and the game begins. Over the course of the day, Felino encounters Carlos, Jose, Givo, and Pedro, sharing his cheese buns with his teammates. Growing up impoverished in Brazil, Felino and his friends all work to help their families. Maria longs to play in a game with her brother, but the “team’s rule is no girls.” Leaving Maria at school, Felino heads for the shore, where his boss waits by his fishing boat. Along the way, they dribble and kick the soccer ball. As the story opens, the boy and his sister, Maria, set out for the day, bringing with them a bag of their mother’s delicious cheese buns. Paulo Marcelo Feliciano (aka Felino) dreams of rescuing his mother from long hours at work by achieving glory on the soccer field.
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