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There are things that much of the Western world can barely understand.

Situations that give rise to the skin and that sound, luckily for some and unfortunately for others, like distant news on the television news.

Spanish football is far from wars, hunger and misery, but it is its footballers, their lives and their attitudes that sometimes bring us closer to the small hells that are lived all over the planet.

(Angola, 2002) is one of them.

And his simplicity and joy despite the torments still fascinate his colleagues and employees at

, his home since the summer of 2021 and the team with which he hopes to win his first

this week in

, the capital of

.

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"He's a very cheerful guy."

"

."

"No matter what you tell him, he laughs."

"

, without complexes."

"A very simple child."

The people who have been able to have something to do with the footballer over the last year and a half highlight the same thing.

There must be a reason.

«Eduardo

», They insist on the white outfit, where looking at his past they ask themselves the same question that anyone would ask: «How?».

From the refugee camp to the burning of his house

Camavinga, the third of the

, was born in the

in northern Angola, in the middle of the border triangle with the

and the

, while his parents and siblings were escaping from the civil war.

A tinderbox.

They stayed there for just over a year and decided to cross the continent to reach the French city of

, 10,000 kilometers from the horror.

Once settled in the country, they moved to

, in

, 50 kilometers from Rennes.

There they found their home.

Eduardo, who had become fond of

, ended up being encouraged to play for Drapeau-Fougères, the team from the area where his father was part of the senior team.

His mother, who wanted him to do as many sports as possible, pushed him.

And Eduardo was good at it.

So well that at just nine years old he began to attract the attention of neighboring teams.

Everyone already knew the history of the family.

A story that would once again be marked by misfortune.

One morning

.

There was no one inside, because the children were at school, the father working in the slaughterhouse and the mother shopping, as she was a housewife, and they did not regret any human damage.

But yes materials.

They had nothing left.

His future depended on the collection that was made in the town through the soccer team, and dreams were fixed on little Eduardo.

«

», Celestino told his son.

It was 2010.

In 2013 he entered the youth ranks at

, in 2018 he signed his first professional contract, in 2019 he made his debut with the first team, in

and in 2022 he won his

, fueling the comebacks of the white team.

"He is not afraid of anything.

How

!», admit those who know him best.

He was not afraid when he accepted Madrid's offer, when on the first day in an unknown capital he drove home with no one in the passenger seat, when he shamelessly began to speak Spanish a week after arriving in Valdebebas, when he had the responsibility of getting Madrid into the final rounds of the

, when the criticism came or now, when Ancelotti has asked him to sacrifice himself and change position to help his team.

His reaction to

: a youthful laugh and play.

In the locker room they call him "Lizarazu"

"He doesn't like it very much, but we do," the Italian admitted about Camavinga's temporary situation on the side.

and with Nacho as center back due to the losses of Alaba and Militao, Eduardo's left foot has been chosen to govern Madrid's left wing.

And, like when his mother pushed him towards the ball, he has delivered.

With him as a winger, the Whites have conceded

and, despite the defeat in

, the Frenchman has been the best since Mendy's injury.

He has also done it without yellow cards, his Achilles heel in recent months, and which has earned him some punishment from Ancelotti.

Tonight, and if Alaba maintains his recovery, Camavinga will return to midfield, although with a new nickname.

"

", as Lucas and Modric now call him (after the mythical French winger), is the footballer in the League who wins the most duels per game and his family accompanies him in Madrid, where a dozen people live in a gigantic house a the outskirts.

And in Fougères, in the

where his house burned down, children play football at the Stade Intercommunal Eduardo Camavinga.

"

, please, and always do it with a smile," the soccer star told the children at the opening.

Well that.

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