Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes has paid a touching tribute to Brazilian legend Pele, who just lately died on the age of 82.
Guimaraes, 25, confirmed his respect to certainly one of his nation’s most iconic footballers forward of his workforce’s Premier League encounter towards Leeds United on Saturday (31 December). He donned the previous Santos man’s jersey previous to kick-off at St. James’ Park and stood for a minute of applause held in his honor alongside his teammates.
After Newcastle’s 0-0 draw towards Leeds, Guimaraes posted on Twitter:
“As long as football exists, you will exist, Pele. You were and always will be the best. You are eternal! Thanks for so much.”
Enquanto existir o futebol vai existir você, Pelé. Você foi e sempre será o melhor. Você é eterno! Obrigado por tanto 👑 https://t.co/Tda6tPpsDi
Pele, the one participant in historical past to win three FIFA World Cups, handed away on the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo following a battle with most cancers on Friday (30 December). He was being handled for cancer-related problems on the hospital for over a month.
Considered to be one of many best gamers of all time, the Brazilian is his nation’s all-time joint top-scorer with 77 targets in 92 video games. He additionally helped Santos raise six Brasileiro Serie A titles and two Copa Libertadores trophies, ending as their top-scorer with 643 targets within the course of.
Commemorating his demise, various gamers and coaches have just lately paid their respects to the previous New York Cosmos ahead. All Premier League outfits are set to recollect his contribution by holding a minute’s applause previous to this weekend’s matches.
Frank Leboeuf picks Brazil nice Pele over Argentina icon Lionel Messi as GOAT
Speaking to SafeBettingSites, French legend Frank Leboeuf snubbed 2022 FIFA World Cup winner and Argentina star Lionel Messi in favor of Pele as the best to have graced the game. He stated:
“To the question of who is the GOAT. I think if there can only be one it has to be Pele. He won the World Cup three times, the first time at the age of 17. This was at a time when you had no medicals, no physical training sessions. The guy was simply a monster.”
The 1998 FIFA World Cup winner continued:
“He only played in Brazil, so he couldn’t get the Ballon d’Or because it was only given to European players at that time. So, I don’t even know how we can compare anybody else with him. Yes, Messi is a great player, as were [Diego] Maradona and [Michel] Platini and Johan Cryuff. But the greatest in that position is him.”
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