Text | Rice grain mother
Two days before the arrival of the New Year, the king of the ball Pele left the world forever.
If you were to sum it up in one sentence, it would say: he is the greatest player in history. If your baby likes football and likes the World Cup, then this article, be sure to read it to the baby.
Rice grain likes to play, this World Cup, he likes Messi, Modric, Ronaldo the most, seeing the news of the death of the king Pele, he asked me, who is Pele, is it more powerful than the current Messi?
Rice Mama is not a fan, but she has heard Peley's name since she was a child.
Born in the Brazilian favelas, he won the World Cup three times, peaked for nearly 20 years, and was the most versatile player in the team, promoting the sport of football to the world.
Looking at his life experience, Mi Li's mother felt that this generation of superstars from the slums did have talent, and he used his efforts to maximize his talent; He has many good friends in football, but he fell in love with another football king, Maradona, for many years; Chaotic private life, openly admitted that there are many illegitimate children, caught in all kinds of scandals...
He is also a recognized "crow's mouth".
At the 1992 European Championship, he was optimistic about the former Yugoslavia, but the team was banned due to civil war before the tournament and could not even play.
In the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Pele was optimistic about Colombia winning the championship, but failed to qualify for the group stage.
At Euro 2004, Pele's favored Italy was quickly eliminated, and the admiring French team left that night.
Mother Mi thought that maybe all the teams would pray silently, and the king of the ball should not be optimistic about us.
Although Pele, who left many legends in the football world, has left, his legendary life has become an indelible youth of a generation.
A talented boy with great ambitions
Bailey was born in 1940 in the favelas of a small town in Brazil.
His father was a professional footballer with a low income, and even supporting the family became a problem. Perhaps because of his ears, since he was 5 years old, Pele has been playing football with his friends on the field field.
But because they were so poor, their football was made of torn socks, and because they had no replacement shoes, they could only play barefoot. (Rice grain mother mended the knife, don't the sea cucumbers feel ashamed when they see it?) ）
But for Bailey, even if it hurts for a while, there is unparalleled happiness.
When Pele was 9 years old, Brazil held its fourth World Cup, and just as he and his friends were immersed in the excitement of football, Brazil lost to Uruguay in the final and lost the title.
Like many Brazilian fans, my father cried when he heard the news on the radio, unable to accept the reality.
Nine-year-old Pele walked up to his father and said, "It's okay, Dad, I swear to you, I will definitely bring you a World Cup in the future." ”
But no one took this seriously at all, after all, Pele was earning money for his family by shining shoes and could only play on the field, who would have thought that he could change the history of Brazilian football?
The opportunity came when Pele was 12 years old when he met his own Bole, former Brazil international Brito.
Under Brito's guidance, Pele's skills improved by leaps and bounds. Three years later, Brito took him to the Santos team in Brazil for a tryout.
At that time, the main player of the Santos team saw Pele's performance on the pitch and immediately said to the team management: "Hurry up and sign this kid, I have never seen such talent, I don't want to play against him." ”
So, at just 15 years old, Pele began his professional football career.
Later, because of his excellent performance in the first season, the 16-year-old Pele went straight to the national team.
In 1958, Pele competed in the World Cup, scoring six goals in three knockout games and directly helping Brazil win the Cup of Champions.
That summer, the whole world was cheering for the child, but Bailey was only excited: the promise he made in childhood had finally come true.
Many people blame Pele's football ability on talent, but Rice feels that it is indispensable to Pele's own persistence in dreams and practice day after day.
Peak youth, setbacks
Since winning his first World Cup, Pele has become a world-class star, and the savvy Santos club has organised several tours of Europe, allowing fans everywhere to watch Pele play up close.
According to statistics, every game Pele played overseas at that time was able to bring Santos nearly $20,000 in revenue.
You know, it was the '60s, which was definitely astronomical.
But Bailey, who has just become a "national treasure", has suffered one blow after another.
In the 1962 World Cup and the 1966 World Cup, Pele was injured twice, and the second time directly led to Brazil's early exit.
It was a huge blow to the 25-year-old Pele, who was injured in both World Cups and no one knows if he will retire from football.
Therefore, Bailey took a year off to adjust his state, which is to condition the body and the mentality.
Later, he slowly regained his former self in exhibition games, during which time he also achieved the 1,000th goal of his career.
Such milestones also gave confidence to Pele, who led Brazil to another title in the World Cup in 1970 and was finally crowned the king.
In addition to football, Pele has an old friend who loves and kills - Maradona.
Maradona is a legendary Argentine footballer with a difference of 20 years with Pele. In fact, Mother Mi feels that Bailey's support for Maradona is not only the promotion of predecessors and juniors, but also the empathy of bitter origin.
Maradona was also born into a poor family, and he was also a barefoot young boy in childhood, but his talent was not inferior to that of the former Pele.
In 1979, 19-year-old Maradona met Pele, when Maradona had become the "South American Footballer of the Year", but he was still a little excited to see Pele and see his idol.
Pele also admired Maradona and played his guitar with interest, reminding him to remain calm and humble on the football field.
However, such a harmonious relationship between the two was rifted because of a proud remark by Maradona.
In the 1982 World Cup, Maradona said that the level of South American football was higher than that of Europe, and he called himself the best player in the World Cup, but as soon as he finished speaking, his Argentina was out.
To be honest, this slap in the face also came too quickly.
Seeing this situation, Bailey directly criticized Maradona for being arrogant in front of the media. Mother Rice felt that Bailey did not have an opinion about Maradona, but more of a disappointment that iron is not steel.
Later, in 2000, FIFA organized the "Best Player of the 20th Century", and the fans of the two generations of football kings directly fought and did not give each other.
The two are also full of gunpowder, Pele said that Maradona does not care about technology, Maradona said that Pele is only fanning the flames about football, in short, neither of the two is convinced of the other.
In the end, FIFA had no choice, and abruptly came up with two similar awards, which were awarded to two people respectively, which calmed the turmoil. The two finally hugged each other when receiving the award, smiling and hating.
In 2017, Pele met Maradona again in a wheelchair, and the legends of two generations of football are no longer the same as they used to be. Perhaps the moment you see each other, all the disputes also go with the wind.
In 2020, Maradona left due to illness, and the last words that Bailey left for Maradona were: "Friends forever". And this time, maybe they will be able to play football together in heaven.
Football pioneers, not perfect
After Brazil won the World Cup three times, Pele left Brazil to join the New York Cosmos.
Mother Rice feels that he is more like a big star and football ambassador, pushing the football boom wherever he goes, which has greatly affected the football career and sports in North America.
In 1977, at the age of 37, Bailey officially retired, but his story did not end.
He has served as an ambassador for the United Nations, helping underprivileged football-loving teenagers around the world.
He also became a pioneer in the world of football, promoting football to the world and passing on his love for football to everyone.
But such a respectable ball king Pele also left a lot of scandals behind him.
He was Brazil's sports minister in an attempt to reform the chaotic format of Brazilian football, but was mired in a corruption scandal.
As a last resort, Pele voluntarily resigned as sports minister, and the truth can only be left to history.
In addition, Bailey's private life is even more chaotic.
You read that right, Rice Mother just used the word "chaos" to describe it.
He once publicly stated in his documentary: Because I had countless affairs when I was young, I don't know how many illegitimate children there are.
With such a big heart, there are only three real marriages.
In the first marriage, 26-year-old Bailey married supermodel Rosemeri, and the two had 3 children, but Bailey cheated on her many times during marriage, and even had a daughter with her own nanny.
Rosemery couldn't bear it anymore, divorced directly with his 3 children, and never interacted with Bailey again.
If you think that if the main palace is gone, the junior will be able to ascend to the throne, it is too simple to think.
Although there was a paternity test, until the child fell ill and died, Bailey did not recognize the nanny's child as his bloodline.
In other words, this is a proper scumbag.
Eight years later, Bailey married Brazilian singer Achillia Lemos, who was 19 years younger than himself, of course, we will omit the history of the affair in between.
In the second marriage, he and his wife had twins, and there were no scandals, and everyone thought that he washed his hands in the golden basin.
As a result, Bailey is still difficult to move, cheating again, and Asilia is also unbearable, taking a large amount of child support to start a new life.
At the time of his third marriage, Bailey was 75 years old, a 41-year-old Brazilian-Japanese who was also an industrialist.
I don't know whether Bailey was old and tossed and turned, or met true love, Bailey never cheated again, and the two also enjoyed a sweet marriage time.
However, in his later years, Bailey's health deteriorated and he also suffered from colon cancer, and although he actively received treatment, he was still no match for disease and aging.
But fortunately, in the last days, he left with the love of the world's fans, accompanied by his lover and children.
He has been marked by football all his life, a legendary player in people's hearts, and a world superstar that no one can match.
Now that the era of the king of football is over, maybe the little boy who kicks barefoot can still play happily in the sky.
Rice grain mother feels that the ball king Bailey was born in a slum and went to the front line of the world by talent + persistence; Use this experience to tell children: any effort + opportunity is a trump card!
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