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his biggest fans said goodbye to pele in style. from here, the coffin will be taken through the streets of santos ahead of a private family burial. katy watson, bbc news in santos. let's go to tim vickery, an expert in south american football, joining us now from rio dejaneiro. thank you forjoining us. i know you are in rio, but events from santos are in rio, but events from santos are being televised across the country, or they? are being televised across the country, orthey? have everseen anything it before? i country, or they? have ever seen anything it before?— country, or they? have ever seen anything it before? i suppose there is a comparison _ anything it before? i suppose there is a comparison with _ anything it before? i suppose there is a comparison with the _ anything it before? i suppose there is a comparison with the death - anything it before? i suppose there is a comparison with the death of i is a comparison with the death of the formula 1 race driver senna in 1994, which i think was more hysterical because he died in action at the peak of his powers. the case of perley did not come as a surprise, the country was braced for it, we had a little pause over the weekend, saturday was new year's eve and sunday was inauguration of the new president lula who is on his way at the moment to santos to participate in the week and the procession and that little pause tending to add gravitas to the occasion. very solemn. there are not
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geopolitics. when one thinks of brazil, what does one think of? maybe the amazon. carnival. sember. but certainly on the top of most people's lists would be football, that's a legacy of pele.— would be football, that's a lea ofpele. , ., legacy of pele. -- samba. great comments _ legacy of pele. -- samba. great comments there, _ legacy of pele. -- samba. great comments there, thank- legacy of pele. -- samba. great comments there, thank you, . legacy of pele. -- samba. great| comments there, thank you, tim vickery, forjoining us. joining me now is our reporter emily brown, who's been taking a look at some of the tributes being paid. emily, what's been going on? tributes have been pouring in across the sporting world but also from world leaders. rio's christ the redeemer statue is lit up in brazilian colours in tribute to pele. in the past few hours, infantino, fifa's president, shared this message on his instagram. shared this message on his instagram— shared this message on his instaaram. ~ instagram. we lost pele, the kin . , instagram. we lost pele, the kin: , 0 instagram. we lost pele, the king. 0 rei. _ instagram. we lost pele, the king, 0 rei, and _ instagram. we lost pele, the king, 0 rei, and we - instagram. we lost pele, the king, 0 rei, and we feel- instagram. we lost pele, the king, 0 rei, and we feel a i king, 0 rei, and we feela void, _ king, 0 rei, and we feela
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let's get some more reaction from brazil now. tim vickery is a south american football expert, based in rio dejaneiro — and he explained to me how brazil had been bracing itself for this news. there's an element of being prepared for this moment, but when it comes, it hits people very hard because there's almost no one in brazil who's old enough to remember a world before there was pele. he's so synonymous with the country for winning. for winning in style and for winning in style with a smile on his face. he's the greatest diplomat that brazil has ever produced, the greatest pr machine i think that brazil has ever produced. and to put this in a uk context, it's a little bit like maybe losing winston churchill, lord nelson, paul mccartney, lewis hamilton and bobby charlton all in one. so even though it hasn't come as a surprise, it's still a shock. even in a country where the population,
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katy watson there. joining me now is the south american football journalist tim vickery. we knew this was coming, of course, tim, but it must be a shock to everyone there. what sort of mourning period is brazil in for now? remember, we have the presidential— brazil in for now? remember, we have the presidential ruler- have the presidential ruler taking over as president on sunday which is for the whole thing back little bit, kelly, his body, his coffin will be taken to the centre circle of the field at santos when he played for so long, he will lie there for 2h hours starting at 10pm local time on monday and after that, 10pm local time on monday and afterthat, he 10pm local time on monday and after that, he will be moved to after that, he will be moved to a nearby cemetery a vertical cemetery, hand—picked by pele because it gives a view of the stadium —— president lula. it gives us all a chance to look back on a remarkable life. interesting there how much katie was stressing king. let's remember, this is someone who
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just as that brazil 1970 team have been the measuring rod for all subsequent teams, and maybe even that world cup with those almost unearthly images from the mexican sunshine. significant, ithink, david, thatjust a few months before, we'd had the moon landing. similarly, almost surreal images. and at the time, the two achievements — man landing on the moon and brazil winning the 1970 world cup — it seemed natural to put them together. they both have an otherworldly quality about them. and pele was the leader of the pack. so, just 20 years after watching his dad in tears as a nine—year—old, he has changed football, and i think you could also argue he changed geopolitics. when one thinks of brazil, what does one think of? maybe the amazon rainforest, carnival and samba. but certainly, on the top of most people's lists would be football — that's a legacy of pele. indeed, it is. tim vickery.
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