Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva among those paying respects at Santos stadium where footballer played
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
The football-loving leftist, who grew up watching Pelé play, comforted the sportsman’s relatives and friends under a white marquee where the coffin had been draped with the yellow and green flag of Brazil and Santos’ white flag. “He never let himself become carried away with his brilliance or with the glory. Even in his most glorious moments, like when he met the queen of England, he acted as he would when meeting a normal person on the street.”
“I’m filled with so much sadness, it wasn’t his time to go,” said Lisete Santos, a 69-year-old administrative worker who had passed by the casket twice. “Pelé is eternal, there will never be anyone like him again. This is why we are here to pay our respects.”
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