Come on, let's not be too hard on ourselves. He went to a Brazilian federal university and then to IMPA, which is arguably a world class institution. Sure, he

Come on, let's not be too hard on ourselves. He went to a Brazilian federal university and then to IMPA, which is arguably a world class institution. Sure, he probably couldn't get where he got without moving abroad, but then most of the Brazilian top football players play for foreign clubs, and yet nobody will claim that we don't encourage kids to play football. You have to take into account the sheer economic disparity between Brazil and the developed West.