Pele dies – World pays tribute and mourns loss of football's 'greatest player'

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BRAZILโ€™S Christ the Redeemer statue was illuminated in green and yellow last night as the nation mourns the death of Pele.

Three days of mourning have been announced by President Jair Bolsonaro after the football legendโ€™s death yesterday.

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Brazil pays tribute to hero Pele as Christ the Redeemer illuminated in green & 3 days mourning announced by president
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  9. (Brothers of Islam, please do not ignore my message) In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. He is alive and does not die in his hand is good and he is the fateOver all things there is no god but God, in recognition of his lordship, glory be to God, especially for his greatnessAnd the Merciful of the Hereafter, O Allah, I amI ask you that praise be to you, there is no god but you, glory be to you, the creator of the heavens and the earth, the possessor of majesty and dignity, with your mercy, the most merciful of the merciful. Who does not please but God's grace is greater is not like himNothing is in the earth or in the heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Yemeni IDPs from Taiz and I live Annawamy and my brothers Sgar our fatherHe passed away, may God have mercy on him, and we have no one in this world standing by our side in this harsh circumstance. I do not have older brothers. I am the eldest among my brothers, but I am a girl. Like you, I cannot go to work among men and spend on my family. By God, then, by God, my brother, we have spent two days deprived of my livelihood and with me are young brothers. Look how their condition is, I swear to GodThe house is on the street, and they saw the neighbors eating, and they stood at their door to give them, even if their bread was dry, they would be quenched by their hunger. By God, who has the king of the heavens and the earth, they closed the door and expelled them and came back to cry and die of hunger. No one had mercy on them and gave them a livingAnd I want you to help, for the sake of God, I adjure you by God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God, who love goodness and help me, even for 500 Yemeni riyals, to send a WhatsApp message to this number
    00967714964841You ask for the name of my card and send it and do not delay and may God compensate you with all the best. My brother. You are men. If your family finds you are hungry, you do the impossible in order to secure them the most, but I have my eyes and my eyes are short. I do not have a father like you and my younger brothers. See how they are and help us and save us before they drive us out on the street. raise seven heavensWithout a pillar or extending the earth and my Mahdi, I do not lie to you with a letter from this message, and that I did not ask you except from distress and from the harshness of circumstances and the situation in which
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  17. if Pele was playing in 2023 he would still be the GOAT. because modern training methods would have made him even better .. …. Look at his dynamic and his passion… no time wasting , moaning , whinging ( Ronaldo ) or holding his hands in his face after getting slightly touched ( Messi ) ….. A real man and a real sportsman ..

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  28. So the debate off the greatest player off all time is eitherโ€ฆ
    1)pele
    2)Maradona
    3)messi
    4)ronaldo โ€ฆ.now then by rights the title should be a Clear runner in PELE being the greatest because he stands alone with the 3 world cups he has won with Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท !..rip to the man..the myth..the legend..the Greatest !!

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  29. THE GREATEST

    These are just a few thoughts and facts of my own to add to the many outpourings of love and appreciation to the man who first described the game we love so much as… "THE BEAUTIFUL GAME"

    As well as being only seventeen during the 1958 world cup, Pele did not play in any of the group stage games because he was recovering from a pre-tournament injury, yet he ended up being the tournament's second-top goalscorer with a total of 6 goals.

    In other words, all his goals were scored during the business end of the tournament (the knockout stage) and breakdown as follows…

    His first goal was scored in the quarter-final (the winning goal), he then score a hat trick in the semi-finals against France, and two more goals in the World Cup final against tournament host Sweden.

    Think about it, 6 goals in the 3 most important games of his 17-year-old life (and the 3 most important games every professional footballer dreams of getting a chance to play in (wow!!).

    A SIDE NOTE: I was a little bit disappointed that nobody appeared to notice the trivial but nonetheless very interesting fact about a particular game featured in the recent 2022 World Cup…

    There was an awful lot of fanfare surrounding the Wales vs USA matchup, because it was the first time Wales were to play in a World Cup finals competition since 1958, when they suffered a hard-fought 1- 0 defeat to Brazil at the quarterfinal stage.

    And who do you think scored the single solitary goal?… yes you guess it, Pele!!

    Pele's very first game (and goal) in the 1958 World Cup would be Wales's last world cup game for 68 years. And as fate would have it, he would get to witness their return just before he died.

    Brazil was just another country in 1958, with no name or reputation to speak of on the world stage. By 1970 (just 12 years and 3 world Cups later) it was known and celebrated (to this day) by one and all as the best, most important footballing nation in the world. A reputation that has enriched the Brazilian nation with billions of Dollars in football-related trade and sponsorships. I doubt that anyone has had such an impact on his countries reputation/economic situation in such a short space of time.

    Neymar's response to Pele's passing was to point out another very simple fact, "Before Pele, the number 10 was just a number"

    There are lots more facts that could be added such as Pele only played 12 years for the Brazilian national team, the world cup winning years (1958 to 1970) and that his club side Santos won 27 trophies during Pele's time (1957-74), having won only 1 trophy before and none for the 28 years after he retired. Santos is the biggest name in Brazilian football with one of the smallest stadiums (holds less than 20 thousand), this is because it is and always has been a small club, that Pele put on the map and made big in the eyes of the world.

    BUT WHO IS THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER OF ALL TIME????????…

    Ok, I think we can tidy up that discussion as well….

    Sugar Ray Robinson is consistently considered the best pound-for-pound boxer of all time…

    .. but everyone knows that Muhammad Ali is the GREATEST!!

    And yes there is also much room to debate who is the best footballer of all time, but the case as stated here, and the beautiful history of the beautiful game, should leave no doubt as to who is its GREATEST…

    Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (Pele)

    RIP

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  35. He has already proven himself to be the king of football and the playmaker of history. Pele left and left a great legacy, may God have the mercy and the peace in the end of your wonderful life!

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