As her husband popped out to the registry office, Ana Cristina called family and friends to tell them she\u2019d given birth to her first son, Paulo Henrique. Her euphoria turned to horror when she saw the birth certificate. \u201cAre you crazy?\u201d she screamed at her husband, who\u2019d named him Romario after the Flamengo icon.<\/p>\n
Ana Cristina, a diehard Vasca\u00edna, was hellbent on revenge. When her second son was born \u2013 six months after \u2018The Animal\u2019 scored the greatest goal in FIFA Club World Cup\u2122 history, for Vasco da Gama against Manchester United \u2013 she insisted he would be called Edmundo. Her partner conceded. Or at least he pretended to. When he got back from the registry office, she was livid \u2013 again \u2013 to discover her newborn had been named Paulo Henrique Junior.<\/p>\n
The kid \u2013 at least in Vila da Penha, where he grew up \u2013 was nevertheless known as Edmundo. And like the friends-turned-enemies, the brothers played for rival futsal teams: Romario for Mello and Paulo Henrique for Vasco da Gama. When they collided in a final, it was even billed in a local newspaper as Romario versus Edmundo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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