Football manager Dmitry Selyuk noted the importance of Brazilian Pele seeing how a new king came to his throne during his lifetime.
“The great, greatest football player left this world. But fate decided that Pele managed to see how he came to the throne of the prince, that new king – Lionel Messi. Everyone knows that Pele felt very bad, but fate, God gave him the World Cup He managed to capture Messi’s victory in .
And it is very important for history that while Pele is still alive, Messi is still world champion now.” “Soviet sport”.
Recall that Lionel Messi became the world champion for the first time, at the same time he was recognized as the best player of the tournament.
Yesterday, December 29, Pele’s death became clear. He was 82 years old. Pele was hospitalized at the end of November with edema and heart failure.
Pele became world champion in 1958, 1962 and 1970. He is the only player who has managed to do this three times. He was recognized as the best player in the 1970 tournament. In total, Pele played 92 matches for Brazil and scored 77 goals.
Alexander Medvedev, former director of Zenit He wished success to the club, saying that Pele appreciated the friendship between Brazilians and Russians..