Gianni Infantino wanted to say goodbye in the first person Pele and traveled to Brazil to attend the massive wake for the Brazilian legend. The FIFA president arrived at the stadium vila belmiro about 40 minutes before the start of the funeral for the mythical ’10’ accompanied by the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez, and the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Edinaldo Rodrigues and launched a surprising proposal.
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“We are going to ask all the countries of the world to name a stadium named after Pele. I think that the young people of the whole world, all generations, have to remember Pelé and the joy that he has brought to football,” Infantino told reporters.
The FIFA president indicated that ‘O Rei’ was a “unique” player. “Pelé is eternal. Pele is a world soccer icon. Pele did a lot of things first in football that 99% can only dream of doing and the other 1% did after Pele. That is why we are here with enormous sadness, but also with joy, the joy of Pelé. Pele’s smile.”
“Pelé I think he has had the quality and the luck to do something that very few people in the world can do. Touch people’s hearts. There are no words. He has given us all great emotion and we have to remember him for it” , expressed infantino.
