"He is the man who built the World Cup" - Tim Vickery on how Pele will be remembered
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Tributes for Pele have poured in from around the world after his death at the age of 82.
South American football expert Tim Vickery joined Sky Sports News to discuss the legacy that the Brazilian will leave behind and how he will be remembered in his home country.
The Brazil football legend, died on Thursday at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo following a battle with cancer and reaction poured in around the world to remember the only player to have won the World Cup three times.
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At the age of 17, he scored 6 goals in the 1958 world cup. The winner in QF, hattrick in the semi final, and a brace in the final. This stat always made me go "whattttt"
Much easier back then
@@benspiller455 shut it ben
@@puriatabari7176 it’s true, 17 year olds would never be given a chance nowadays, especially back then when there were no substitutions. R9 was also 17 but spent every game in 94 on the bench.
Why didn’t then other players do that “back then”?
@@nahidmirmahmud8914 Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in that World Cup
You don't have to be older or to have been there to appreciate Pele. All you need to do is watch the highlights of Mexico 70 to see the distillation of his genius. Even his near misses and assists are sensational and satisfying to watch over and over again. His game was graceful and beautiful.
Pele is the greatest and the perfect ambassador of football! RIP!
...Tim Vickery is the Pele of commentators
authoritative and encyclopaedic
natural and articulate
singular & humble
brilliant beyond
all others in
his craft
art
17 years old and winning a World Cup. Broke many records in that tournament.Youngest to score a hat trick in a WC, youngest to score in a WC final and youngest to win a World Cup.
RIP Pele. could listen to Tim Vickery all day brilliant journalist
He always seemed to be a perfect gentleman. There was always a kindness and good humour shining in his eyes. RIP.
Yup , he never let worldwide fame go to his head and he wasn't into football for materialism like many of today's stars.
Pele is the GREATEST and here's why..
These are just a few thoughts and facts of my own to add to the many outpourings of love and appreciation to the man who first described the game of football as... "THE BEAUTIFUL GAME"
As well as being only seventeen during the 1958 world cup, Pele did not play in any of the group stage games because he was recovering from a pre-tournament injury, yet he ended up being the tournament's second-top goalscorer with a total of 6 goals.
In other words, all his goals were scored during the business end of the tournament (the knockout stage) and breakdown as follows...
His first goal was scored in the quarter-final (the winning goal), he then score a hat trick in the semi-finals against France, and two more goals in the World Cup final against tournament host Sweden.
Think about it, 6 goals in the 3 most important games of his 17-year-old life (and the 3 most important games every professional footballer dreams of getting a chance to play in (wow!!).
A SIDE NOTE: I was a little bit disappointed that nobody appeared to notice the trivial but nonetheless very interesting fact about a particular game featured in the recent 2022 World Cup...
There was an awful lot of fanfare surrounding the Wales vs USA matchup, because it was the first time Wales were to play in a World Cup finals competition since 1958, where they suffered a hard-fought 1- 0 defeat to Brazil at the quarterfinal stage.
And who do you think scored the single solitary goal?... yes you guess it, 17 year old Pele!!
Pele's very first game (and goal) in the 1958 World Cup would be Wales's last world cup game for 68 years. And as fate would have it, he would get to witness their return just before he died.
Brazil was just another country in 1958, with no name or reputation to speak of on the world stage. By 1970 (just 12 years and 3 world Cups wins later) Brazil was known and celebrated by one and all (to this day) as the best, most important footballing nation in the world.
A reputation that has enriched the Brazilian nation with billions of Dollars in football-related trade and sponsorships. I doubt that anyone person has had such an impact on his countries reputation/economic situation in such a short space of time.
Neymar's response to Pele's passing was to point out another very simple fact, "Before Pele, the number 10 was just a number"
Maradona or Messi, it doesn't matter. The skill Pele's displays in his football highlight reels is the most impressive of all (in my opinion) or at the very least stand-up alongside the compilation videos of the best wearers of the number 10 shirt and R9 and CR7 shirt.
But Pele played in the late 1950s and 60s when only the major games were recorded and televised, so his compilation videos are only made up of less than 40% of the games he played in. Meaning that most of his best work was either not recorded or has been lost (his greatest ever goal for example).
So what we see in his completion videos are not even a full and frank reflection of what he did on the football field.
In other words, every great bit of skill that Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar etc has ever done on a football field can be found somewhere in their many completion videos. The same cannot be said for Pele.
There are lots more facts that could be added such as Pele only played 12 years for the Brazilian national team, the world cup winning years (1958 to 1970). They would not win another world cup for 24 years. And after winning 27 trophies between 1957-74 his club side Santos would not win its 28th trophy for another 27 years after his retirement. Having only won 1 trophies in its club history before Pele emerged.
And this fact might also surprise you...
Because of Pele. Santos is the biggest name in Brazilian club football and is the only non-european football club that can turly say is a global brand with a popular name and status across all continents. Yet (surprise surprise) Santos home stadium has the capacity of a minor league football team that you might expect to find languishing in the second or third tire.
Where as all the big brand clubs like Man Utd, Real Madrid, AC Millan, Barcelona etc all have stadiums in excess of 60 thousand, Santos football stadium capacity is less than 17 thousand (even the newly opened Brentford Community Stadium holds more than that). This is because Santos is, and always has been a small town club, that Pele put on the map and made big in the eyes of the world.
BUT WHO IS THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER OF ALL TIME????????...
Ok, I think we can tidy up that discussion here as well.
Let's start with a boxing analogy...
All boxing fan agree (with very few exceptions) that Sugar Ray Robinson is the best pound-for-pound boxer of all time...
.. but everyone "knows" that Muhammad Ali is the GREATEST!!
Yes it is actually possible to be the best but not great or be great but not the best. Sugar Ray Robinson is great and clearly is the BEST boxer that ever lived (his record and impressive fight footage speak for themselves) but in light of what Muhammed Ali's achieved and his impact both in and out of the ring, Sugar Ray cannot be considered greater. If what Sugar Ray did in boxing makes him the greatest boxer ever then what superlatives must we use to describe Ali's legacy????...
THE BEST vs THE GREATEST
Who is the best and who is the greatest, are more often than not, one and the same, but not in all instances.
Sugar Ray Robinson is undisputedly the BEST pound-for-pound boxer ever (Ali said so himself) but Muhammed Ali is (and will always be) the GREATEST boxer/sporting personality to ever have walked among us.
You'd have to be so much more than the best in your particular sport to even be considered a worthy contender to Ali. Sugar Ray was a great fighter but Muhammed Ali was something even more, he was greatness personified.
Less we forget that in 1999 a huge voting campaign was launched across the world to discover who the world considered the greatest sports man of the 20th century. Not only did Muhammed Ali win the public vote, nobody even came close. He scored more votes than all the other great sporting celebrities of the last hundred years (including Pele) "COMBINED."
The point I'm trying to get across is that, you might be able to make a stronger case for claiming Maradona, Messi, or Ronaldo the BEST footballers ever but Pele's legacy as the world's first truly global SPORTS icon (not just the first global football star, or black icon), his skill and ability on the field, his impact on the beautiful history of the beautiful game (as stated here) should leave no one in any doubt as to who is footballs GREATEST son...
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (Pele)
RIP
By Mr Arthurs.
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Thank you! Pele is the the greatest footballer the world has ever known! He is the undisputed GOAT! And he is the most perfect ambassador of football! RIP Pele!
@@zerihungeressu7995 I agree.
@@zerihungeressu7995the best player was Maradona. Better technique than Pele and even Messi.
@@radwonderland1435 Pele is better than Maradona by a country mile. In fact Pele is so much better than Maradona that it's ridiculous to argue about it. Understandably, everyone has his choice.
@@zerihungeressu7995 you never saw them play, I did! You only base your comments on what someone else said. I don’t know if Maradona is the greatest because there’re too many elements to consider, but for sure he was the greatest genius with the ball. The world already voted and Maradona got 3 times more votes than Pele!!
Also, too many people in Brazil consider Garrincha(I never saw him play live) even better than Pele.
The great legend of Pele. This sadness cannot be expressed in words. I am really sad🙏🙏😥🥺🙏
The number 10 is the materialization of the dream that Pelé realized. It's Arthur's Excalibur in the world of football. It has to be there, always, waiting for the next worthy candidate to wear it. And that's true not only for Brazil. Pelé created the mystique around that number on the back of a jersey. It can never be retired, because that dream he dreamt carries on. Tim was bang on, the number 10 cannot and must not be retired!
I'll drop a quote from a great former Brazil player, Casagrande, which, I think, summarizes Pelé's greatness in a sublime way: "Pelé showed the football ball what it was capable of doing!"
O Rei é Eterno. Vida longa ao Rei!
He built the archetypal number 10 and started a dynasty of great players that would succeed the number. Only the mercurially talented could live up to it, and we always have to remind ourselves: what Maradona, Zidane and Messi could do, Pele did it first. O Rei, Pele
❤
That was a fantastic interview.
The greatest of all time
One of the best news reports on the passing of The King
My respects to Pele's family, especially his elder mother! RIP Pele. Your the greatest footballer ever period!
I really liked that he was never big headed or showboated...just a class act on and off the pitch.
RIP Pele forever eternal 💚💛💙👑👑👑🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I just watched a video of his goals and movement.. seriously, this guy was the best ever!
PELÉ THE BIGGEST OF ALL!!!
KING OF THE FOOTBALL 🤴🏿🇧🇷🏆⚽️
The best player ever in my opinion. 3 world cups will never be exceeded. God bless him.
well, the football these days is way more global and balanced . there are basically around 10 teams which are pretty much on the same level + a couple of upset teams at each world cup... its pretty much impossible to win 3 world cups in such a short amount of time
i mean he's certainly one of the greatest ever no doubt but he only played 1 match in the 1962 world cup
Best of his era for sure but not best ever
@@pranav5788 He is the greatest player ever in Football
@@GIBBO4182 The world cups speak for itself 🐐
Pele was the best💔😥
9:36 That picture with Tostao, Jairsinho and Rivelino embracing Pelé....These four made for the most efficient astounding, awe-inspiring, mind-blowing and just overwhelming forward force that ever was..in any team.....I'm proud to say that I was one of the millions sitting in front of the TV that day watching this live....After this, football was a totally different new ball game...No pun intended.. 🙂
El Rey ha muerto.. Viva el Rey...por siempre...
R.I.P. Edson Arantes Do Nacimiento🙏🏽
You're one of the people who saw Brazil win all 5 world cups.. so lucky ❤️
@@Jiishaan yes 🙂
Mr Tim Vickery, I salute you. What a wonderful tribute.
Simply the greatest ever. Rest in Greatness King & brother Pele
Rest in peace the legend!
RIP The Greatest 1 🙏 🌎 ..
Football game was incomplete without pele... 🙏
Whilst people's opinions on the greatest are split regarding football....Boxing had Ali.. Formula one had Senna... Basketball Jordan....Baseball Robinson...But for me Football had PELÉ...THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME....he always has been...
Tim is a perfect story teller! ❤
I Love watch him in Brazilian TV
what a great tribute from Tim Vickery
Pele is the greatest player of all time. I know Messi fanboys will think otherwise, but this is the hard fact
REST IN PEACE THE LEGEND....I have never seen any famous person humble as Pele was; sometimes he cried when he couldnt handle the praises and cheering from people. GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL, PELE🙏
Wonderful Tribute RIP LEGEND 🙏🙏💗💗
Great tribute ……RIP King Pele
Pele's influence on the game is so wide spread, Yellow and red cards were introduced to stop players hacking Pele down and tackling him as they do in rugby or American football when it came to a point that he refused to play international football anymore to avoid the violence against people practiced with impunity and no interest in the touching the ball. When a player is shown a yellow or red card or a referee takes out a card, Pele's footprint and influence on the game is being witnessed. Peace and love
The red and yellow card was introduced to protect Pele... I've never heard that one before. It gives you food for thought...
Always lovely listening to Tim.
I must say what a great reportage from Sky Sport to pay respect and also give some nuances to the great player Pele. I myself is a Maradona fan, but I really enjoyed the Sky presentation of Pele.
Football will miss him very much. RIP Pele. 🙏😢
Tim Vickery's last words are spot on!
Legend never die💗😭
The younger people that disrespect legends like Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Best hopefully have the same energy in 30-40 years time when younger people of that time disrespect Messi and Ronaldo
THE greatest of all times!
As well as being a great player indeed, as far as I know Pele never cheated or did things like Maradona’s “Hand of God” against England. Pele’s reputation was never spoilt by things like that. He not only played football the best ever but apart from one or two incidents - he was sent off once - but also played football in the best sporting manner that few, if any players since have ever matched. The England vs Brazil game in Mexico in 1970 was an example of this and one of the greatest, if not the greatest match ever played.
What an outstanding example of sportsmanship and friendship by Pele was when he was there at the unveiling of the statue of Gordon Banks, the goalkeeper who denied him a goal in that game with THAT great save, along with Banks himself. Pele was among those who expressed his grief and condolences when Banks died and when England Captain Bobby Moore died. Now all these gentlemen are up there somewhere reunited and endlessly talking about the game of football they all loved so much. Pele also set an example of playing for his country with a passion that few players have done since.
Diego Maradona was an absolutely great and outstanding player as well, the “Hand of God” goal not withstanding and he too will be remembered as one of football’s all time greats. But for me Pele was the best footballer ever, at least among players who have now passed on.
Rest on pele.I never got a chance to watch you play live but i know one thing, the world of football cherish you. You lived life using the gifts God gave you.
People always say good things when someone dies but for PELE ALL THE GOOD ARE TRUER THAN TRUE
Pele was more than the GOAT of football. Pele was a living recipient of God's Spirit, which lived in him. A person in whom God's Spirit dwelled has left us. He is now with his creator forever. RIP
Well said Bulldog, he truly represented all that is possible and positive. God Bless His Soul🙏🙏🙏
Fantastic overview and tribute by Mr Vickery.
Maradona is the best I've seen. Pele is a legend and the best player ever I've never seen play live. 3 World Cups speak for the beautiful man, who played the beautiful game, the most beautiful of all times!
Rest In Peace Oh Great One!
🤲
The end.
I love you, king.
You won't be forgotten.
R.I.P. (Pele 10)
RIP GOAT
R.p in the peace king 🤴 Pele
As a Brazilian I must say, Tim just precisely described the Pele’s description and importance for Brazil in general. Trully fantastic journalistic material
Kids who never saw him play, or felt the effect he had on the world...his autobiography is a good read.
Greatest football player of all time ... 3 world cups won by him.. That's say it all..
With the brutal tackling, heavy ball, bad grounds and harsh off side rule, Pele's achievements become even more unbelievable.
Fans today will not understand the impact he had
Welldone Sky Sports for this extraordinary comments about the King of the beautiful game
Pelé GOAT
R.I.P King 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Pelé incomparável atleta do século..😢
His record of 3 World Cups will never be surpassed as long as the tournament is held every 4 years. The most unbreakable record in Football history. No current player on Earth has more than 1 World Cup, and you are asking them to get 4? Forget it son. Pele's record will last 1000 years.
You right.His 3 times world cups can never be surpassed
It's Pele, Maradona, Messi based on football evolution. The rest of the players follow. Have a bit of foresight and think clearly here.
True legend
Pelé os the eternal king!!!! RIP Pelé, the best!
RIP Legend 👑 ⚽❤ From Manipur
Rest on King Pele
Tim! You're really one of the best if not the best one
RIP the great Brazilian Pele ⚽⚽
Tim, you are gold.
Nigeria 🇳🇬Brazil 🇧🇷
RIP 🐐🐐🐐
Pele is supposed to be the greatest fooballer ever,but what shame in brazil,many People who works in tv,rádio,newspapers and others didn't pay due respect for him,as much as he deserved,unfortunetely. The most people always used to handle Pelé unwelcome.
The immortal king Pele !!!
MOVE OVER MESSI AND MARADONA PELE THE TRUE GOAT 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Pelé è stato ed è e sarà per i prossimi anni forse anche un secolo e più il più grande calciatore della storia di gran lunga su tutti r i p vivrai nei cuori di tutti ci riincontrero sicuro viva viva viva viva viva o Rey Pelé ciao dalla Italia
Legend pele rip 😞🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
King 👑 pele
Yeah such a legend
RIP Pele.. the Goat.
Rip to all the gone souls 😭🙏🌎🕊️
Tim you are great. Great thinking. Chapeau monsieur
Pele was a good footballer RIP
on Nov 21st 1964 Santos (Pele's club) Santos Beat Botafogo (Ribeirão Preto) 11 goals to nil...His Majesty has scored 8 goals, only .. .R I P Sr Arantes do Nascimento/ Edson 'cuz Pelé is (immortal)
Pele invented the Cruyff turn... Or should I say the Pele turn
Pele turn 👍
Pele el rey de futbol! Pele el mejor de futbol! PELE DA GOAT!
wht a ledge
Pele world Champions third time with Brazil national team
I have never heard or seen a world *f⚽⚽t⚽ball⚽r* dribbled the entire playing field & successfully scoring goals, plus {+} playing an entire 90 minutes match with a broken leg like the original GOAT of football sensationally called PELE 👉 the boy from the Brazil favela, whom at one time {2002} served as a *FULHAM Scout* R.I.P the G⚽AT of football.
He was not born in a favela. He was from Três Corações in Minas Gerais, a rural little town.
He was from a very humble beginning, but never lived in a favela.
No need to compare any player with pele he's the greatest of all footballer
Rip
Brilliant
Pelé home🚀 🌌🎑🎆🎇🌠☄🌛☀✨🛸💫🪐
Pelé: Do you dare to dream?
Pelé: Follow me. Dreams move this way.
To all Brasilian players: Stop complaining, show off & taunting. Please learn from Pele
Brazil won showing off and taunting in 1962 and 2002.
That yellow shirt
Pele was better than the players now days
🇧🇷👑💔😭
I wish Tim mentioned the fact that a law was passed by the military dictatorship regime in Brazil banning Pele not to play abroad🤔
rip
Well Narated
Que en paz descanse
Oh we yo oh we yo brasil oh we oh oh we yo brasil he is the reason why people respect braszil as a team just like Diego Armando maradona Argentina
A death means a rebirth of peles (pal-ace).