The funeral of the “black jewel” Pele at the Santos club stadium, nicknamed “Pixie” or “the fish” in Portuguese and located on the ocean, witnessed a huge influx of fans who were keen to attend to honor the “king” of football, and the only player to win the World Cup three times, after his death. At the age of 82, last Thursday, after a long struggle with illness.
Sadness dominated the atmosphere of the stadium in the presence of a large number of sports figures, including Gianni Infantino, President of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), who revealed that the federation will ask every country in the world to name one of its stadiums after the late Brazilian legend, Pele.
"We will ask every country in the world to name one of its football stadiums after the legend Pele," Infantino said. On the other hand, the Brazilian star Neymar da Silva, the Paris Saint-Germain player, angered some Brazilian fans, after he missed attending the funeral ceremony of the Brazilian legend, after Paris Saint-Germain refused to allow the player to travel to Brazil in order to attend the funeral ceremony in light of the team’s association. Important matches at the local level.
And the Italian newspaper "Toto Sport" stated that there is anger among some fans in Brazil, because they believe that Neymar could have already attended if he had pressured the Paris Saint-Germain administration, but he did not insist on his decision to attend.