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Pele
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Birth Date :
23/10/1940
Birth Place :
Tres Coracoes
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Pele's game was so powerful that many a meeting was rescheduled to watch this ‘juggler’ perform on the ground. The matches of the national football teams imposed television schedules on the rhythm of life. The city would literally come to a standstill whenever a match featuring him was on. Such intense was the feeling that this sport evoked the passion for soccer from the young and the old, throughout the world. Once during a dinner for leading members of the British establishment and distinguished guests at the Staid Spencer House in London, a soccer match between England and Argentina was on. These matches were always blood feuds compounded by the fact that the Falklands crisis was still fresh in the minds of the people. The impeccable guests could not resist the idea of having to miss the nail biting finish of the match. They had television sets placed at vantage locations during the dinner. The match went into extra time and required a penalty shoot-out afterward, so much so that the guest of honor delivered his message around 11 pm only. Since England lost, the audience had nothing but to mourn the loss off the field.[br /]
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When France finally emerged triumphant in the finals, Paris was paralyzed with joy for 48 hours while Brazil slumbered in dejection. Such was the aura that Pele had, that he could easily enter people’s house through the televisions and bring their life to a standstill.[br /]
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Pele started touring extensively playing exhibition games. The most talked about match was the goodwill game in the capital of Lagos in 1967. The Nigerian Civil War came to a standstill for 2 days, so that everyone could enjoy Pele flaunt his skills at the ground. The infectious joy of the game and the undying love that Pele had for soccer made him rescind over the earlier his decision, and was once again seen playing for Brazil in the 1970 World Cup held in Mexico.[br /]
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The Brazilians played a brilliant game and scored an emphatic 4-1 victory against Italy. Pele, Gerson, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto scored a goal each. But Pele carried home the credit of the three best ‘almost goals’ in history. He also gave English goalkeeper Banks the opportunity to share his limelight. Banks stopped one of Pele’s headers and earned the fame for the best save in the history of the World Cup. Pele perfected his goal shots with such intensity and fervent practice, that he was called Gasoline for his energy, the Executioner for his finishing and the Black Pearl for his preciousness.[br /]
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When France finally emerged triumphant in the finals, Paris was paralyzed with joy for 48 hours while Brazil slumbered in dejection. Such was the aura that Pele had, that he could easily enter people’s house through the televisions and bring their life to a standstill.[br /]
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Pele started touring extensively playing exhibition games. The most talked about match was the goodwill game in the capital of Lagos in 1967. The Nigerian Civil War came to a standstill for 2 days, so that everyone could enjoy Pele flaunt his skills at the ground. The infectious joy of the game and the undying love that Pele had for soccer made him rescind over the earlier his decision, and was once again seen playing for Brazil in the 1970 World Cup held in Mexico.[br /]
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The Brazilians played a brilliant game and scored an emphatic 4-1 victory against Italy. Pele, Gerson, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto scored a goal each. But Pele carried home the credit of the three best ‘almost goals’ in history. He also gave English goalkeeper Banks the opportunity to share his limelight. Banks stopped one of Pele’s headers and earned the fame for the best save in the history of the World Cup. Pele perfected his goal shots with such intensity and fervent practice, that he was called Gasoline for his energy, the Executioner for his finishing and the Black Pearl for his preciousness.[br /]
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