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27 minutes ago, KingRocketman II said:

would have had no idea Chic Young was interviewing Pele here if it were not for the "when Chic met Pele" graphic.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmzAZMwKz4b/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

And when Chic says that Pele is the greatest ever, who are we to argue?

 

Bizarrely I spotted Chick out in Glasgow last night literally minutes before the news about Pele broke.

Walked past Tam Cowan too, I'm sure he must've been regaling the story of him peeing next to him all night.

 

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Reading about the farcical circumstances in which Pele won his last-ever Brazilian club honour (Sao Paolo league in 1973):

The finals would be disputed in an only match, with extra time in case of a tie, and penalties if the tie persisted. However, after Portuguesa's third shot, when Santos led by 2–0, referee Armando Marques mistakenly sounded the whistle, even though there were still two shots left for each team, and there was still the possibility of Portuguesa tying.[4] When the referee realized his mistake, Portuguesa's players had already left the stadium,[5] and in the very same night, the Federation proclaimed both clubs to have won the title.[4]

There were 116,156 in the ground.

Ref nevertheless got awarded the infamous USSR-Chile playoff for WC 1974 and 2 games at the finals in West Germany!

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On 30/12/2022 at 12:10, Venti said:

You're not.

Most overrated goal of all time. No pressing at all.

A child's team could have put that together.

Meanwhile Messi is making Gvardiol look like a diddy clown shoe seasider.

I'm with you on this one. I have seen better team goals scored in Scottish leagues.

Brazil from the 1970s managed to create a lasting sense of mystique that all Brazilian players and national teams must be amazing and feared, which only really began to get challenged when Hulk, Marcelo et al were getting scudded 7-1 by Germany.

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My da' desperately wanted to get his autograph when he took me to the 1989 youth final at Hampden. 6 year old me kept fucking off towards the badge and flag sellers so he'd have to come and find me. By the time he'd found me for the umpteenth time and I'd tired of my wanderings Pele had gone into the stadium. 

I think my da might forgive me one day 😂.

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