Thousands of people queued to enter the ground of Pelé’s former club Santos in order to pay their respects to the world-famous player. The Brazilian icon died last week aged 82.
Monday marked the end of three days of state mourning for the football hero – later on Tuesday there will be a procession through the streets of Santos to a private family burial.
Ordinary Brazilians waited in file for hours to be able to say their good bye.
Neymar Santos Sr., the father another football global star, Neymar, kissed Pele’s forehead. He was accompanied by Pele’s son Edinho.
The queues went on long into the night. Fans had 24 hours to pay their last respects to the king of football.
Pelé was the only player in history who was able to win the World Cup three times.
( Source Euronews )
