The story of Santiago Garcia is a story of good and bad in football.
And about how close success and abyss are.
Garcia was born in a bad neighborhood in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo.
Lives with his grandmother because his mother works 15-hour shifts as a nurse.
Many of his friends become criminals and come into contact with drugs.
He's betting everything on football.
With success - it seems.
Nacional Montevideo brings the tall boy. A power in the country's football. Luis Suarez (34 / now Atletico Madrid) was still playing for the club back then. The scouts rave about Garcia, praise his two-footedness, his header game. But even then, not everything went according to plan for the striker.