Football legend Pele died on Thursday aged 82 after a long battle with cancer, sending Brazil into mourningAdvertisementAn uncanny Pele lookalike joined Brazil in paying their respects to football legend Pele today, as his coffin arrived at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away. The mourner was pictured walking across the football pitch in a Santos football jersey, a team Pele played for from 1956 to 1974. Fans started arriving at the stadium in the early hours to say goodbye to Edson Arantes do Nascimento, globally known as Pele. The procession will end at a cemetery in Santos, where Pele will be interred in a special mausoleum. At the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, a giant poster with Pele's image bears the word 'eternal.'

Source: The Star January 02, 2023 23:30 UTC