Brasil Urgente presenter Jose Luiz Datena criticized PSG star Neymar for not attending Pele’s funeral, based on a report by SPORTSbible.
“If Neymar needed to be launched, he got here. Neymar might very properly have pressured PSG to return right here. He has already pressured the membership a number of instances to return to the events, why not ask PSG to say goodbye to Pele? I feel Neymar, as a Brazilian participant, had an obligation to return to see Pele’s casket to say goodbye to him. It was vital for Brazilian soccer,” Datena stated.
After Pele died final week, Neymar took to Instagram to put up a tribute to the Brazilian legend. “Earlier than Pele, ’10’ was only a quantity. I learn this sentence someplace in some unspecified time in the future in my life. However this lovely sentence is incomplete. I’d say that earlier than Pele, soccer was only a sport. Pele modified all the pieces,” he wrote.
“He turned soccer into artwork, into leisure. It gave a voice to the poor, the blacks and above all it gave visibility to Brazil. Soccer and Brazil raised their standing because of the King! It is gone, however its magic will stay. Pele is ETERNAL!” the PSG famous person added within the put up.
Pelé will likely be laid to relaxation on Tuesday within the metropolis the place he grew up, rose to fame and helped make it a soccer capital of the world. A Catholic mass will likely be celebrated on the Vila Belmiro stadium earlier than his casket is taken by the streets of Santos to a close-by cemetery.
Brazil’s newly inaugurated president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was sworn in for a 3rd time period on Sunday after a comeback victory, paid his respects at Vila Belmiro.
The nice footballer died on Thursday, aged 82, after a battle with most cancers. He was the one participant to ever win three World Cups.