If there is someone in the Peru who knows well Pelethat is Ramon Mifflin. The former midfielder of the Peruvian team not only faced the ‘King’, he also had the luxury of playing with him in the Saints from Brazil and then in the Cosmos. The ‘Cabezón’ lamented the state of health of his friend before his death was announced this Thursday, December 29, of what he considers the best player of all time above Lionel Messi Y Diego Armando Maradona.
SIGHT: The King of Soccer is gone! Pele passed away at the age of 82
A pity the state of health of Pele…
That’s right, the ‘King’ is sick and his condition is not improving.
Do you have contact with people close to him?
Pele for with Clodoaldo Y manoel maria who are former players of the national team and the Saints who are also my friends. I always communicate with them to see how it goes.
Did you think about going to visit him?
I wanted to go with my wife for Saintswhere I have great friends, but Clodoaldo told me that only his children can visit him.
Is ‘Pelé’ the greatest of all time?
Far, there is no other.
“Pelé was faster than everyone”
Winning three World Cups is not within everyone’s reach…
Not only because of the World Cups, you don’t know what he was playing. He was an impressive athlete, he was ahead of his time.
So much so?
He was faster than everyone. Now everyone appreciates the speed of kylian mbappe, but Pelé was faster and had it attached to the foot. He was spectacular and to behold he was attractive.
Do you see that much of a difference with the rest of the cracks?
I don’t like to make comparisons. Maradona and Messi are very good, great, but Pelé is one step ahead. He is above them.
What does playing with him mean for your career?
It is the greatest thing that happened to me, the dream come true.
Ramón Mifflin had the luxury of playing with Franz Beckenbauer and the ‘King’ Pelé.
did you recommend the Saints?
Thanks to him they came to speak with don Ricardo Bentin and Mrs. Esther, Brazilian managers and the transfer was made.
“As children we talked without knowing that we would be companions”
How did they meet?
Whenever we face each other we talk and even when I was a child I talked to him without knowing that I would later be his partner.
How was that?
He came to play a friendly in Lima and with my compadre Roberto Chale we went to see it. After the game we went to the bus and he greeted us from the window and we started talking, I remember he told us that he was going to Japan on tour.
What did you think at that moment?
I told Roberto (Chale) you are going to see that one day we will travel with the national team just like him.
Was he special as a teammate?
He was extraordinary, he supported you, he taught you and he knew what to do on the court.
The ‘Cabezón’ and the ‘King’ taught in the United States.
He also recommended you Cosmos…
I remember when he goes to the USA We all said it was all over, but after Pelé was away for a month they came looking for me and I left delighted. I was the first foreigner Cosmos.
SIGHT: Ramón Mifflin and his football anecdotes: “Pelé took me to Santos and Maradona brought me mariachis”
Is it true that in the ’70 World Cup you marked him so that he would give you his shirt?
It’s a joke, something funny. It was precisely the only game that did not score a goal. I marked it from a distance and then humored those who say that.
How long have you not seen him?
I was with him several times, in France, at the European Championship, in Madrid, we have met on several occasions. The love and appreciation is the same as always. (Jose Reynoso Alencastre).
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