On November 19, 1969, the day when a failure in the broadcast deprived the world of the second moon landing of the Apollo 12 Mission, more than 90 million Brazilians held their breath when Pelé took his run to score his 1,000th goal. It was a national holiday in the country and the birthday Maria Celeste Arantes, the mother of O Rei . On a Wednesday where, at 23:23, 65,157 spectators in Maracaná celebrated by all the high somewhat of the rival team.

Santos beat Vasco da Gama in the Roberto Gomes Pedrosa tournament, equivalent to the current Brasileirao (1-2) thanks to the goal in minute 79 of Edson Arantes do Nascimento. A few moments before, Clodoaldo had played in depth for Pelé, shot down in the area by Fernando. Manoel Amaro de Lima did not hesitate to point out the 11 meters and Edgardo Norberto Andrada was placed under the sticks. The Argentine goalkeeper threw himself to his left, guessing the address, although he could not prevent him from meeting the network.

El Gato had been a symbol in Rosario Central before signing for Vasco da Gama, where he played until 1975. In 1981, still active, he entered as an army spy to the Intelligence Detachment 121 of Rosario. "His figure encourages accessions and confidence especially in the neighborhoods of workers, which facilitates their penetration to the objective imposed", appears in a judicial file.

Kidnapping and murder

Andrada was accused in 2008 of belonging to the intimate circle of Agustín Feced, a fearsome police chief of the dictatorship, and of having participated in the kidnapping and murder of Peronist militants Osvaldo Cambiaso and Eduardo Pereyra Rossi, in Rosario in May 1983. In 2011 , the complaints of human rights organizations forced his resignation in Central, where he had returned to work. Despite the allegations, Andrada never sat on the bench of the accused until his death, on September 3.

The most important night of his career came that November 19, 1969 in Maracana by a wink of fate. Perhaps by Pelé's own decision, which somehow squared his accounts to round the 100 figure in Maracana. Two weeks earlier, in Recife, he had scored two goals against Santa Cruz and totaled 998 goals.

Taking advantage of its presence in the northeast region, a friendly 48 hours later was organized in Joao Pessoa, against the Botafogo de Paraíba. Pelé scored his goal number 999 and subsequently placed himself as goalkeeper, thinking about the match Santos would play in Salvador against Bahia on November 16. "I didn't want to dislike the Baianos, who were waiting for me for an official match, so I stopped kicking the goal. I was afraid that the Botafogo players would move away from the ball to let it in," O Rei explained.

Without seeing goal against Bahia, the great night of Pelé ended up being three days later in Rio de Janeiro. "I do not want parties for me. They believe that it is much more important for me to help poor children, those in need. Let us first think about the Christmas of all these people," he revealed after completing the deed.

Years later, in an interview with Veja magazine, he justified those words. "Days before, in Santos, I saw some guys trying to steal some cars. I told them: 'What are you doing, kids?'. They tried to justify themselves, saying they did it only with vehicles from Sao Paulo. I said they couldn't steal from anyone. The boys didn't even get scared. How can it be? That's why my message in goal 1,000, "he explained.

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