
Ruben Figliamonte, equipment manager for Penarol's youth teams, poses for a photo inside the equipment room at the Penarol youth training complex in Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay, on April 15, 2027. Nestled in a working-class neighborhood of Montevideo, the field where Federico Valverde took his first steps in football at the age of three frames, nearly a quarter of a century later, the dream of a new generation seeking to emulate the tenacious midfielder, a leader of Uruguay at the World Cup. (Photo by Eitan ABRAMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images)


