the greatest, it s opinion, but pele led, others stand on his shoulders. well over 1,000 goals, a career of over 20 years, three times a world cup winner. brazilian football, synonymous with flair and success, was built on pele. in1958, pele took part in his first world cup tournament, aged just 17. he scored six goals in four matches, playing himself to the point of exhaustion. when brazil beat sweden in the final, one opponent said when he watched pele, he felt like applauding. injury limited his role in the 1962 world cup. in1966, well, opposing teams knew they had to stop pele one way or another. four years later, in 1970 in mexico, pele was part of a brazilian team widely regarded as the best set of players ever. they won the world cup with a freedom of expression and fluency never seen before. it was pele s last world cup. without him, brazil waited another 2a years before winning the trophy again. pele remained in demand. after all, he was one of the most famous names
Blimey, pele had just retired, i am going to be replacing my all time hero, pele. going to be replacing my all-time hero. pele- hero, pele. and i saw as you are settin: hero, pele. and i saw as you are setting on hero, pele. and i saw as you are setting on and hero, pele. and i saw as you are setting up and you hero, pele. and i saw as you are setting up and you sat hero, pele. and i saw as you are setting up and you sat down, - hero, pele. and i saw as you are | setting up and you sat down, you have a picture, i think of the two of you together. did you just hold that up to the camera? how well did you actually get to know him? just very quickly. you actually get to know him? inst very quickly, this is when the cosmos was relaunched. you can see the famous pele with carlos alberto, another great player and friend of mine who did the four word in my book when i brought a book out. and i was privileged to be close to both home and friends with them. a friend from afar. and i
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Henry winter, the chief football writer for the times. centres that he had these thoughts on the great pele. pele is left us but his legacy is immortal. it is not simply asjoe was describing so eloquently, his career with three world cups, the 77 goals for brazil and goals for santos. it was also how he played the game, with that lay off to carlos alberto for brazil s fourth goal in one of the greatest finals 0f goal in one of the greatest finals of all time until messi 0ne goal in one of the greatest finals of all time until messi one week 0r so ago. and pele was great fun. if you went to an event with him, and i was fortunate enough to go several times with him, he was great company and enjoyed life. but as neymar has and enjoyed life. but as neymar has a very emotionally treated, as you just said then, the work that by his example, but also by raising
And we could see ourselves playing on his feet. so at the time that brazil entered the field, we felt that we work with them. so it was our voice, the voice for everyone, for the vulnerable, for the people that normally doesn t have a voice. and it was a moment of peace, happiness and love. that we feel just as one nation. tine happiness and love. that we feel just as one nation. just as one nation. the cultural im act just as one nation. the cultural impact of just as one nation. the cultural impact of pele. just as one nation. the cultural impact of pele. we just as one nation. the cultural impact of pele. we have - just as one nation. the cultural impact of pele. we have heard| just as one nation. the cultural i impact of pele. we have heard so many tributes about his impact on the football field, very interesting to hear that as well. we were showing you the tweet from the formatting in football and now sports broadcaster gary lineker short while ago. he has been sharing his