Pele: His Travels In Greece
The legendary Pele he had defeated Greece three times. The defeat of Santos by Olympic in a friendly match that took place in 1961 and was made into a song by the rebbe Stratos Payoumtzis.
In 2005 he was “present” at the opening of the Xanthi training center.
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Then the cloudy sky above the new training center of Xanthi it opened and the god of football descended from the helicopter.
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Pele was the guest of honor at the opening and the photo in which the “king” of the ball was immortalized on the car of the then owner of the Thracian team, Christos Panopouloshe went around the world.
Pele had completed our country three times – AP
Pele’s bow at Olympiakos
Pele’s first passage from Greece it was done on Santos’ European tour in the sixties.
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The Brazilian team he gave three matches on the boulevard with thousands of people in the stands. Defeated AEK and Panathinaikos, but was defeated 2-1 by Olympiakos. The red and white feat was made into a song by the rebbe Stratos Payoumtzis.
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Many years later, in 2005, Pele stays in Greece to become an honorary member of Olympiakos. He even met again with Kostas Polychroniou and he remembered his hard marking in the match they had played opponents.
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The same time all the new messiahs worship and surrender to the true god of football. Pele learned the planet to treat football as a ninety-minute art.
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His dribbles had Beethoven’s magic symphony, his heels were like Picasso paintings and his goals are already history.
His football… children, mourn his loss.
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“Rest in Peace”, wrote Lionel Messi on Twitter, while Cristiano Ronaldo said in his own message:
“An inspiration to so many millions, a reference from yesterday, today and forever.”
Kylian Mbappe said he is ready to lift the heavy legacy left behind by Pele.
“The king of football has left us but his legacy will never be forgotten”He wrote.
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