“He coined the phrase ‘the beautiful game’, and he more than any other single individual in the history of the game, made it beautiful.”
EAMON DUNPHY HAS paid tribute to the late Pele, describing Brazil’s legendary star as the man who made football ‘the beautiful game’.
“It was the first colour television World Cup final; it was the first television event that was ever broadcast live around the world. And they were brilliant. He was brilliant. The team was. He was very much a team player as well. “It’s like a good movie, the legacy after many years. That we are still talking about him like a good movie or a good book is because he was so good.
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