First youthful steps in football
All that time with the ball at his feet was worth it, as even at a young age Bernardo's ability was evident. Benfica's scouts noticed his game when he was 5 or 6 years old and invited him to their youth academy. As a Benfica fan, it was everything Bernardo dreamed of, although, of course, everything a six-year-old boy dreamed of. For a whole year he begged his parents to let him go and train at Benfica, but given the distance and the price, his parents said no, ... moreFirst youthful steps in football
All that time with the ball at his feet was worth it, as even at a young age Bernardo's ability was evident. Benfica's scouts noticed his game when he was 5 or 6 years old and invited him to their youth academy. As a Benfica fan, it was everything Bernardo dreamed of, although, of course, everything a six-year-old boy dreamed of. For a whole year he begged his parents to let him go and train at Benfica, but given the distance and the price, his parents said no, prioritizing a good education. Bernardo was enrolled at Colégio Valsassina, a highly respected school in Lisbon. All of his teachers talked about how polite and kind he was to his classmates and staff, but his priority was always football. In an interview with Stadium Astro, Maria de Lourdes, a humanities teacher from Valsassina who was Bernardo's coordinator for some time, said: https://bernardosilva.net/
