A football hero in the chaotic era, he made the Brazilians regain their confidence
In 1950 Brazil World Cup, built the world's largest stadiumMaracanã StadiumThe Brazilians were waiting for a national celebration, but in the end they got what they wanted is a disaster. For the football kingdom, it is a "national disaster" to witness others take away the gold cup in the World Cup hosted by itself.
Four years later in the World Cup, the hostile Brazil team not only stopped in the quarter-finals, but also created a notorious stadium violence scandal. The tragedy of the Maracana and the shame of Switzerland brought Brazilian football four failed, sad, chaotic and hopeless years, during which time Brazil's domestic politics were as chaotic as their football. In these chaotic times, Brazilians call for a hero.
In 1956, this hero appeared. Bailey, who was only 15 years old, joined Santos and grew into the absolute main force of the first team in one year. In July 1957, Pele, who ushered in his national team debut, played off the bench and scored his first national team goal. In the 1958 game against the American team in Rio de Janeiro, Pele scored twice in the first half and scored twice in the second half. He staged four goals and was praised by the playwright Nelson Rodriguez as "O Rei", And this seems to be the origin of Pele's title of "Ball King".
In the same year, Pele, who was injured, was selected by the national team coach Feola to the World Cup squad. Troubled by injuries, Pele did not play in the first two games of the group stage. In the knockout stage, Pele became the "strategic nuclear weapon" of the Samba Army: against Wales, he scored the only goal of the game; In the French team where Fontaine and Kepa were in charge, he scored three consecutive goals in the second half; in the final scene against the host Sweden , Pele scored 2 more goals. Pele, who was only 17 years old, scored 6 goals in the first World Cup stage of his career, and all of these 6 goals occurred in the knockout stage. All the people present were overwhelmed by Pele's personal performance, and even the then Swedish King Gustav VI entered the field after the game to find Pele to shake hands with him.
Under the leadership of Pele, the Brazil team won the first World Cup championship, and Pele, who led Brazil in the knockout stage as a savior, has become a football hero in the hearts of the Brazilian people. After experiencing a chaotic era, Pele and this Brazilian team allowed the Brazilians to regain their national pride and gave the Brazilians the confidence to believe in themselves again. Can
still be king before arriving in Europe? He made the world mad for him
If you look at it from the current perspective, world football revolves around Europe. After the South American rising star has made his mark in the local league, the next step is to play in Europe. And Pele, who has proved himself on the World Cup stage, should probably go to Barcelona, , Real Madrid, , Milan and other giants, and bring his talent to the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean. But Bailey managed to make Europe and the world revolve around him.
After he became famous in the World Cup in 1958, Pele, who was less than 20 years old at the time, had become the golden signboard of Santos and Brazil. He put forward an offer and wanted to recruit the "King of Football" to his own command, but after the World Cup in Sweden, Pele has been regarded as a "non-exportable national treasure" by the Brazilian people, and the Brazilian government will never allow the country's "National Treasure". "National Treasure" was bought by other countries. The European giants who couldn't buy it could only settle for the next best thing, paying out their pockets to invite Santos to go to Europe for an exhibition game during the interval between official games. At that time, in order to invite Santos to play a game, these European giants were even willing to pay 5,000 US dollars (absolutelywould count as a high price), of course, if Bailey does not play, the money will be reduced by half.
Objectively speaking, Pele’s failure to write a legend in European football is indeed a great pity for European football, but it is not a pity for Pele. He also led Santos to beat European champion Benfica in an official game And AC Milan . Pele doesn't need to go to Europe to challenge, Europe will challenge him. When Pele and Santos participated in exhibition games around the world, Pele used his superb skills to convey the charm of football to people all over the world, and promoted the globalization of the sport with his football magic. He is the promoter of football becoming the number one sport in the world.
The legend is famous throughout the ages, he has promoted the revolution of football
During his brilliant playing career, Pele scored a total of 1283 goals, and scored as many as 757 goals in official games . And he led the Brazilian team to win the World Cup three times, and preserved the feat of Remit Gold Cup and for Brazil forever, so far no other player can reproduce it. He was named "the best athlete in the 20th century" by "L'Equipe", he was the winner of the first Lawrence Lifetime Achievement Award, he was officially named "the best player in history" by Golden Football Award , he was awarded by FIFA is honored as "The King of Football".
As we all know, before 1995, only European players could participate in the Ballon d'Or selection, which also caused Pele to fail to win a Ballon d'Or in the player era. However, the organizer of the Golden Globe Awards, " French Football " magazine, once made an assessment: If there were no entry restrictions for the Golden Globe Awards that year, Pele could win as many as 7 Golden Balls and . In 2013, Pele also won the first honorary Ballon d'Or.
Of course, Bailey's greatness is not only reflected in the data and honor level. In the 1966 World Cup, Pele was maliciously violated by his opponent but could only clenched his teeth and persisted in the game. defending champion Brazil was finally eliminated by "Butcher Football". The encounter between Pele and the Brazilian team caused FIFA to pay attention to the players' health and non-sports behaviors. FIFA finally decided to fully implement the substitution system and the red and yellow card rules, and football became relatively more "civilized" .
Some fans have done a comparison: many technical moves in today’s football that amaze fans - fried meatballs, cycling, rainbow extraordinary , seal header, Cruyff turned around , flower arrangement, man ball points over and so on - Bailey has done it all on the field decades ago. Before Bailey, you could hardly find any attacker who was as complete as him - speed, skill, dribbling, body control, movement, finishing, passing, everything. After Pele, countless players used him as an idol and template, and wanted to become a player like him. It was he who made football more enjoyable, and it was he who first defined what a "ball king" is. Football can develop to today's height, Pele has made an indelible contribution.
After living a legendary life, Pele passed away peacefully accompanied by his family, and the precious wealth he left to the entire football world will be passed on forever. The football world will never forget him, the football world will always miss him.
Farewell, Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Farewell, Brazilian football heroes. Farewell, football icon of the world. Farewell, the eternal "ball king" Pele.
