"Who hasn't dreamed of being Pelé as a child?
Born in 1968, Didier Deschamps is one of those young boys who grew up in a world where football only had eyes for one star, THE star, Pelé.
It is therefore quite natural that the coach of the Blues paid tribute to the "King" a few minutes after the announcement of his death on Thursday.
“With the disappearance of Pelé, football loses one of its finest legends, if not the finest.
Like all legends, the King seemed immortal.
It made people dream and continued to make generations and generations of fans of our sport.
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Didier Deschamps missed against Argentina, in a way, to join Pelé in the pantheon of football with three victories.
One as a player and two as a coach, when Pelé will always be the first – and for now the only – to have won three on the pitch.
Deschamps still remembers the prowess of the Brazilian No. 10.
“With his number 10, he put his technical virtuosity, his audacity, his creativity at the service of his teams and in particular that of Brazil with whom he won three World Cups, he describes.
Pelé was the alliance of beauty and efficiency.
His talent and his track record will remain forever etched in our memories.
To his family, his loved ones and the Brazilian people, I send my sincere condolences and all my sympathy.
The king will remain the king, forever.
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