Iwas 6 years old, and I came home for lunch after school.
Romelu Lukaku: “Iwas 6 years old, and I came home for lunch after school. Mom had the usual on the menu: bread and milk. But that day, I came home, and Mom started mixing the bottle of milk with something else. “She served me lunch with a smile as if everything was fine. But I understood what she was doing. She was mixing milk with water. We didn't have enough money to make the bottle last the whole week. And she always told me she had already eaten, but in reality, she hadn't, just so I wouldn't go without food. We weren't just poor; we were broke. “My parents, in the midst of misery, bet on me. They made huge efforts to take me to training. That's why I played that first World Cup match with a lot of anger, for many reasons: for the rats running through our apartment, because I couldn't watch the Champions League, we didn't have a TV. I'd go to school, and all the kids would talk about the final. I had no idea what had happened. Everyone was talking a...