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Pelé: Brazilian soccer star laid out in his home stadium

2023-01-03T10:04:46.845Z


Fireworks, tears and a long queue: Pelé's body was laid out in his home stadium for 24 hours. Thousands of fans said goodbye. The football legend is buried today.


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Pelé's body on Monday on the way to the wake - in a football stadium, where else. The football icon is laid out on the pitch of his long-standing club FC Santos.

For 24 hours, fans can say goodbye to the former number 10 of the Brazilian national team - thousands come.

»Pelé represents the good side of Brazil.

The courage, the will, the determination and the opportunity to win.«

“Pelé is the best player of the century in the Americas.

As his teammate Pepe said: Pelé is not Brazilian, he came from Saturn because he played so exceptionally.

There is no other player like Pele.«

"It's painful for us Santos fans because he was a celebrity who is gone but he leaves a huge legacy for Santos and for football in general."

On Tuesday, a funeral procession will carry the body through the neighborhood where Pele's 100-year-old mother still lives to a 14-story high-rise cemetery.

The record scorer of the Brazilian national team will then be buried there with his family.

Pelé succumbed to cancer on Thursday at the age of 82.

Source: spiegel

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