FIFA will ask all the world’s federations to dedicate a stadium with the name of the myth, “to honor him as he deserves”
Four days after his death, Brazil began this Monday to say goodbye to Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé, at the Santos Stadium where the legendary footballer forged his legend. Hundreds of thousands of fans wanted to say their last goodbye to O Rei at the Vila Belmiro stadium, where the coffin containing Pelé’s remains, set up in the center of the pitch, was honored with the honor of the head of state. Relatives, friends, fans from across the country and football leaders, led by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, paraded through the funeral chapel of the Brazilian star who will be buried this Tuesday in a private ceremony at the Memorial of the Ecumenical Necropolis, the site that Pelé has chosen for his eternal rest.
“Long live O Rei” and “Pelé 82 years old” were the two great messages written on two banners that almost completely covered one of the funds of the Vila Belmiro, accompanying an image with the ’10’ on the back of the only player in history who has won three world titles (1958, 1962 and 1970) and is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. Pelé’s lifeless body, escorted by firefighters and the Brazilian military police, arrived at dawn at the Santos Stadium, where countless fans were already waiting to say goodbye to Brazil’s biggest idol, in a 24-hour vigil .
Through tears, his third wife, Marcia Aoki, whom Pelé married in 2016, was one of the first to approach the coffin, while one of the seven children recognized by the star, Edinho, helped place his coffin in the coffin. next to ex-footballer Zé Roberto. Among the corollas sent by active players, those of Neymar and Vinicius stood out, and among the speeches that of the leader of the highest body in world football, who unveiled an unprecedented proposal to have the name of the myth present in all places of the planet.
“Pelé is eternal and FIFA will honor O Rei as he deserves. We will ask the federations of the 211 countries of the world to dedicate a stadium named Pelé. Future generations should know and remember who Pele was and how much joy he brought to football. We want children, 20, 30, 50 or 100 years from now, when they score goals at the Pelé stadium in any country and ask who he was, they know that he was a great footballer that made us emotional,” said Infantino. proclaimed in reference to a legend who scored more than 1,000 goals throughout his career. The president of the highest football body arrived a few minutes before the start of the vigil, accompanied by the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez, and the president of the Brazilian Football Federation, Ednaldo Rodrigues.
The funeral caravan passes this Tuesday the house of Pelé’s mother, Ms. Celeste, who turned 100 in November and still does not know that her son has died. “We told her, but she doesn’t know. He is in his own world,” Pelé’s sister, María Lucía, acknowledged on Thursday, when the three-time world champion died of colon cancer after a month in a hospital in Sao Paulo.
Source: La Verdad
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