Chinanews.com, January 3rd. At the end of 2022, the 82-year-old "Ball King" Pele is gone.
The green field has lost its "king", and a generation of belief in football has gone with it.
On January 2, local time, the farewell ceremony for Pele's body was held at the Villabel Miro Stadium in Santos, Brazil, and it is planned to last until 10:00 am on the 3rd local time.
On January 2, local time, the farewell ceremony for Pele's body was held at the Santos Club Stadium where he had played for nearly 20 years.
The picture shows people waiting in line at the Santos Villa Belmiro Stadium.
Farewell to the "ball king"
Before the farewell ceremony began, a giant banner with the words "Pelé died at the age of 82" was hung on the stands of the stadium.
Fans came to lay flowers next to the Bailey sculpture outside the stadium.
On this green field in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, people are using their own ways to bid farewell to the "ball king" for the last leg.
"I'll be here for 24 hours," said one Brazilian fan.
The Villabel Miro Stadium is the home of the Brazilian Santos team, and it is also the shining moment of Pele's brilliant career.
During the 18 years he played for the team from 1956 to 1974, Pele made 660 appearances and scored 643 goals.
On January 2, local time, the farewell ceremony for Pele's body was held at the Santos Club Stadium where he had played for nearly 20 years.
The picture shows people waiting in line at the Santos Villa Belmiro Stadium.
In the early morning of January 2 local time, Pele's coffin was transported from the Alberto Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo to the stadium and placed in a temporary tent in the center of the venue.
On both sides of the road along the way, many fans paid tribute to the "ball king".
The coffin was carried into the scene by Pele's son Edinho and Brazilian star Ze Roberto.
During the 24 hours that the farewell ceremony lasts, fans can enter the stadium to express their condolences.
Under the sound of sad and melodious music, the fans who walked into the stadium held banners and Brazilian flags, and some even wore souvenirs of the Hercules Cup on their heads to commemorate the legendary life of the "ball king".
The three World Cup champions in 1958, 1962, and 1970 were all embraced by the Samba Army.
In this way, Pele became the only player in football history to win the World Cup three times. This record has not been surpassed by future generations.
On January 2, local time, the farewell ceremony for Pele's body was held at the Santos Club Stadium where he had played for nearly 20 years.
The picture shows people queuing up to mourn Bailey.
Naming a Football Stadium After "Pelé"
Before the farewell ceremony for the body began, FIFA President Infantino also arrived at the Villabel Miro Stadium to bid farewell to the "legend".
According to foreign media reports, Infantino said that the world knows what Pele has done for football.
Bailey is eternal, and "Ball King" is eternal.
"I come here with a lot of emotions, including sadness and smiling because Bailey gave us so many smiles."
In order to commemorate this football hero, FIFA hopes that every country can name a football stadium after "Pelé".
On January 2, local time, the farewell ceremony for Pele's body was held at the Santos Club Stadium where he had played for nearly 20 years.
The picture shows the Brazilian flag covering Pele's coffin.
"In 20 years, 30 years, 50 years or 100 years, when a goal is scored in a Pele stadium in every country, someone will ask who Pele is and other people will tell him that Pele is a very great player. player."
After the stadium mourning ends at 10 am local time on January 3, the hearse will carry Pele's coffin in a slow procession in Santos City.
After passing the residence of Bailey's centenary mother, he finally arrived at the cemetery about 1 km away from the Villa Belle Miro Stadium.
A funeral will also be held that day.
The cemetery is a high-rise building with 32 floors.
According to media reports, in order to facilitate fans to mourn, Pele's family chose to bury him on the first floor, but the ball king initially chose the ninth floor, which he said was to commemorate his father who used to wear the No. stadium.
brilliant career
Speaking of Pele, for a long time in the past, he is what people call "a gift from heaven to football".
On October 23, 1940, Pele was born in Tres Colasos, Brazil.
According to foreign media reports, the well-known Pele is actually a nickname, and there are different opinions about it.
Some foreign media said that he got it when he was in elementary school, and it was related to the player Vasco da Gama Bilay.
The friends called him "Billy", and later called him "Bailey".
Bailey himself didn't like the title at first, but in the end he made "Pelé" famous all over the world.
In the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, Pele, who was only 17 years old at the time, leaned on his teammates and cried after helping Brazil win the World Cup.
At the age of 17, Pele was selected for the Brazilian national team.
In the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, in the quarter-finals between Brazil and Wales, Pele scored the winning goal.
On that day, he was only 17 years, 7 months and 27 days old, making him the youngest goal scorer in World Cup history.
But this is only the beginning of that glorious history.
The three World Cup champions in 1958, 1962 and 1970 were all embraced by the Samba Army.
Pele became the only player in football history to win three World Cups.
Gradually, everyone gave the title of "Ball King" to this young man from Brazil.
In 1366 games in his 21-year career, Bailey scored 1283 goals.
In the memory of many fans of the older generation, Pele is the vast majority of their cognition of football.
On January 2, local time, the farewell ceremony for Pele's remains was held at the Santos Club Stadium where he had played for nearly 20 years. People lined up to mourn Pele.
In a life full of love and wisdom, Bailey interpreted the greatest art on the football field, and he firmly believed that "love" can heal all problems in the world.
Today, his beliefs are a legacy for future generations.
People who were deeply affected by it also stopped in front of the coffin to send the "King of the Ball" for the last time.
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