A December 29 that will remain marked in the memory of soccer fans, after the sensitive death of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé, was confirmed in the afternoon.
An unfortunate event occurred this Thursday, December 29. In the afternoon, the sensitive death of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as O Rei Pelé, who died at the age of 82, was confirmed. after suffering from colon cancer that left him fighting for his life in a health center in Sao Paulo, from which he could not get out alive.
However, the brazilian star visited our country on more than one occasion, either as a player or already retired from all sports fieldsaccompanying soccer events as well as others with corresponding brands.
In one of Pelé’s visits to our country, he was part of the television program Venga Conmigo on Channel 13, which was hosted by José Alfredo Fuentes, where he remembered his visits to Chile and the matches that Colo Colo had.
“You can’t forget the World Cups we had in ’62 that Brazil was able to win. I had a concussion, but Brazil was champion and the people of Chile supported Brazil as if they were Brazilians. That is something that cannot be forgotten.”revealed in the interview.
But that was not all, since, in addition, he remembered the mark that he had constantly with Humberto ‘Chita’ Cruz, in more than one commitment. “Then I came here to Chile several times to play octagonal with Colo Colo. We cannot forget the players like ‘Chita’ Cruz who marked me and always appeared next to me, things that one does not forget “.
