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As soon as you arrive in Palestina, you'll discover the world of Romarinho.
"Neymar is history, Romarinho is the man!"
"Romarinho has always been the most important person in town,
not now, but since he was a little boy, he always demonstrated his talent."
And Cleberson is not the only one that feels this way.
In Palestina everyone has a memory of Corinthians' new idol.
Some better than others. Eliel was the first victim of this dribble.
"Some years ago we were playing soccer over there, he did the same thing with me,
I fell down, broke my leg. People laugh at me since."
But now Romarinho is wearing Corinthians jersey. It's a whole new story.
"He will bring home Libertadores Cup..."
"So he's forgiven?"
"Oh, yeah, a thousand times forgiven."
Romarinho's brothers are still trying to get used to his success.
"It is all so fast. All I could see was my brother going to the crowd...
in the replay I could see it... it was very thrilling, so good."
And the phone doesn't stop ringing.
"Today, so far, I only washed 2 cars. And I was interviewed 7 times."
"Things are in a rush, today."
"It is amazing how calm he was in front of 50 thousand Boca Junior fans, has he always been this calm?"
"Yeah, he's been like that since he was a little kid."
"When he played here with us, when he's about to score, he thinks, he's not afraid."
Amongst children, it is all about being "Romarinho Football Club".
"You can see that children have a new idol."
It was on this field in Palestina that Romarinho started to learn how to play soccer.
These children, 10 years later, want to learn the basic moves Romarinho learned as well.
One of them is "cavadinha".
That goal against Boca Juniors is still on the children's minds.
"Wow, it was amazing, cavadinha, all the way... ... uhhh..."
And now they all want to do the same: face the keeper, take the time, and celebrate.
Even Palestina's welcome monument is moving just like Romarinho.