The football legend’s coffin will be displayed on the lawn of the Santos stadium to allow Brazilians to come and pay their respects.
The body of Pelé arrived this Monday morning, around 6 a.m., at the Santos stadium, Urbano Caldeira. The coffin of the only football player to have won three World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970) will rest in the center of the field in the enclosure which will open its doors at 10 a.m., according to FC Santos, his lifelong club.
Three giant banners were visible on Sunday in the stands of the 16,000-seat enclosure: one showing Pelé from behind with the “10” jersey that the ex-striker immortalized, while on the other two one could read “Vive the king” and “Pelé 82 years old”.
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Entrance to the stadium will be allowed “without interruption” until Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time, then a procession will travel through the streets of Santos, a city located 75 kilometers southeast of Sao Paulo, before the funeral, reserved for the family on Tuesday. .