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I don’t want to hear the GOAT chants
Brazilian football legend Pelé, known for his three World Cup victories, passed away at the age of 64 on Tuesday. He played a record 1,279 matches for Santos FC, scoring 1,279 goals. He had retired from football in 1975 but remained with the club until 1977, when he moved to the New York Cosmos in…
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Pel, the Brazilian soccer legend, passed away at the age of 81.
Ex-Brazil striker Pelé, who died on Thursday at the age of 81, led the country to three World Cup titles from 1958-70. He scored the winning goal in the final against Italy in the 1958 edition. In 1970, he scored the winning goal against Germany in the final of the World Cup. Pelé’s last public…
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Pelé was the creator of soccer’s The Beautiful Game.
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo on Sunday wrote on Instagram, “A mere farewell to the eternal King Pelé will not be enough to express the pain that currently engulfs the entire football world.” Ronaldo added, “When we won the World Cup, everybody knew about Brazil…When Pelé was saying…if Pelé was saying that, then we were going…