There is no paving stone in Campo Maior that does not have the hand of Rui Nabeiro. An overgrown yard was reason enough for the Delta founder to pick up the phone. An abandoned wall quickly became one of the largest redevelopment projects in the country. Rui Nabeiro was also like that with people. That didn’t demobilize them when they heard him say: “Today is Sunday, it’s a rest day, but tomorrow morning we’ll take care of that.” In Campo Maior, there is a long Sunday that is just beginning.

From the neighborhood to Primeira, the club that was family

The death of Rui Nabeiro last Sunday, March 19, is still not palpable in the land that grew around the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In Campo Maior, verbs are still conjugated in the present tense. “He is a person like no other”, says Carlos Restolho, who, on Monday when the Raiana village stopped to pay homage to Rui Nabeiro, differs from the thousands of people who took to the streets in mourning. He wears the green flag of Campomaiorense.

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