Some of the game's best are in hot water over the baffling act. 9WWOS
None of the players from Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning squad attended. One of them — former star midfielder Kaká — was criticised because he had complained during an interview in December that Brazilians do not honor their sports heroes as much as foreigners.
In Neymar's Instagram post mourning Pelé's death, one fan wrote: "It is easy to say, but you sent your father and did not come." The striker later limited comments in that post to people he knows.Former midfielder Mauro Silva was the lone representative of the 1994 team that won the World Cup in the United States. He is currently an executive at the São Paulo state football federation.
Fans didn't seem to believe those who said they tried but could not get to Santos in time, like Cafu. The Brazilian flag-draped coffin of football legend Pelé is transported atop a fire truck in a funeral procession through the streets of Santos. Local football executives did not suspend play of the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, a tournament for youngsters that attracts a lot of media attention in the South American nation.
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