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Delivering a message to the audience before the start of the game – "Love is more important than what we can take in life" – Pelé played the first half with the Cosmos, the second with Santos. The game ended with the Cosmos winning 2–1, with Pelé scoring with a 30-yard free-kick for the Cosmos in what was the final goal of his career.
At the 1958 FIFA World Cup, Pelé was at the time the youngest player to participate in a World Cup [d] and became the youngest scorer in a World Cup game. [10] [11] He also became the youngest footballer to score a hat-trick in a World Cup, doing so against France in the semifinal.
The 1977 New York Cosmos season was the seventh season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League.The Cosmos' seventh year of existence saw them drop "New York" from the club name (it would be restored in 1979), move into Giants Stadium (where they would play until their dissolution in 1985), and win their second NASL championship in Pelé's final year as a ...
It was Brazil’s fourth goal of the match in a 5-1 win, with the last goal of the game also being scored by Neymar during injury time. Neymar breaks Pele's Brazil goal-scoring record in 5-1 win ...
FILE - Brazil's soccer legend Pele attends the opening of an exhibit about his life titled King's Marks, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 25, 2008. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record ...
DOHA, QATAR - DECEMBER 11: A mural depicting FIFA Legend Pele lifting the Rimet cup is seen during a tribute event to football legend Pelé at the CONMEBOL Fan Zone on December 11, 2022.
The last survivor on Brazil's side was Mário Zagallo, who died on 5 January 2024 at the age of 92. [4] Nearly a month later, the last survivor of the game, Sweden's Kurt Hamrin , died on 4 February 2024 at the age of 89.
The 1970 FIFA World Cup final was held on Sunday, 21 June, in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, to determine the winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup.This final, between Brazil and Italy, marked the first time that two former world champions met in a final; Italy had previously won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938, while Brazil won in 1958 and 1962.