we never lost him. he s forever. with us. he s forever with everyone. off the pitch, pele campaigned to improve conditions for the most deprived in society. looking back at his long career, he said he had no regrets. if i have to to do every single game again since i was born until now, i i would do everything again and i thank god. pele s great achievements were marked at this year s world cup in qatar as concern for his health grew. the brazilian government has now declared three days of national mourning to pay tribute to a national idol. simon jones, bbc news. fernando duarte is a brazilian journalist and writer. he s been telling us the impact pele s death has had on the country. well, people in brazil at least will agree that he was the greatest ever. there s no doubt amongst brazilians.
i would do everything again and i thank god. pele s great achievements were marked at this year s world cup in qatar as concern for his health grew. the brazilian government has now declared three days of national mourning to pay tribute to a national idol. simon jones, bbc news. fernando duarte is a brazilian journalist and writer. he s been telling us the impact pele s death has had on the country. well, people in brazil at least will agree that he was the greatest ever. there s no doubt amongst brazilians. yeah, it s a sad time. it was coming. i mean, he had been ill fora number of years, even before the cancer was diagnosed. so. there s nothing that prepares you for that. and i m sure that there would be a lot of grief coming in the next few days, but also a lot of gratitude. i think brazilians will also pay
had on global football. pele and the influence that man has had on globalfootball. so rest in peace, pele, a tweet from argentina s lionel messi. a little earlier too, we were hearing from neymar talking about and paying tribute to his artistry, his entertainment on the pitch, but also making the point of the social work that pele have done off the pitch. really interesting what neymar put in his post on social media, talking about the impact of pele, the beauty on the pitch but also so much of the work he did off it. more on those tributes, they are coming in all of the time as i look here on the computer. we see the pictures coming into the bbc. a little earlier, i spoke about this news and the legacy of pele. earlier, i spoke about pele and his legacy with bbcjournalist, fernando duarte, who met
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