The controversy with Amorim who didn’t believe in him, the tactical evolution, six languages spoken and a temperament that convinced first Maresca and then Juve
Sometimes all you need is a little quiet. More often a car ride is needed. But to reassure little Renato it took… the stadium. Which in short, if you’ve only been checking into this world for three weeks, it doesn’t really seem like a choice for model parents. In the Veiga family, however, football is religion and so everyone comes to see the idol of the house: the father. Who plays for Naval, a small sporting miracle from the Coimbra district, fresh from a splendid season which culminated with a semi-final in the Portuguese Cup. Anno Domini: 2003. Context: late August. At the time, the hottest summer ever.