SAO PAULO – Edson Arantes of the Birth ‘Pelé’ send this Thursday a message of support to the Saints, of which he is his greatest idol, in which he stated that he would have liked to be on the court of the Maracaná stadium this Saturday helping the team to win its fourth title of Copa Libertadores.
Santos, who already won the 1962, 1963 and 2011 editions, will face Palmeiras.
“Santistas from all over Brazil, this opportunity to talk to you seems easy, but it’s not. You, santistas like me, are trembling here,” said Pelé, who turned 80 last October 23, to fans and the template in a video posted on their social media.
“Imagine you, who love football, who like football, if they were in my place. I wanted to be in there helping the Saints, but everything has its time. Let’s do strength, we will be together, for the Saints to bring this championship and this victory for us “, added Pelé.
Due to his health problems and being a person at risk in the midst of the pandemic for covid-19, the idol of the Saints will not be able to go to the Maracaná to witness the final of the Libertadores.
Pelé accompanied the Saints and celebrated on the court the title won in 2011 at the Pacaembú Stadium in Sao Paulo against the Uruguayan Peñarol, the third in the whole of the port of São Paulo in the continental tournament and this time led in the playing field for striker Neymar, later transferred to Barcelona from Spain.
The first two conquests of the Saints in the Liberators, those of 1962 and 1963 occurred with Pelé like emblem of the equipment.
This Thursday, Palmeiras held his first training session in Rio de Janeiro with Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira finalizing details to make the starting payroll, while the Saints practiced lowered the orders of coach Cuca for the second time on the ground carioca and still also without defining its probable alignment.