Aren't they?
Someone like Kaka, who has had plenty of injuries over the years, has never shied away from playing for Brazil.
Ronaldo kept fucking up his knee, but he'd play for Brazil whenever he could.
I don't see that it is particularly harder to make it as a football being from a bad area.
It would be much harder to go on to be a doctor having grown up there than in a wealthy area, but I don't see that poverty gets in the way of being a footballer.
Feel free to.
I can't stand the fucker.