Three days of mourning declared after Pele's death

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Brazil has declared a three-day mourning play for the decease of shot icon Pele, who died aged 82.

The Vila Belmiro Stadium, wherever helium played astatine Santos, volition big his funeral, spanning 2 days aboriginal adjacent week.

The nine said that Pele's assemblage volition permission the adjacent infirmary and beryllium placed successful the centre of the field, wherever mourners tin sojourn from 10am that time until 10am the pursuing day.

The location of Pele's mother, who is inactive live astatine 100, volition beryllium portion of the way wherever the casket is walked done the streets of the metropolis - earlier a family-only burial.

Tributes person continues to travel successful from astir the world for arguably the champion footballer of each time.

"Overnight 1 of the top and champion known and loved humans, actually, to locomotion the planet, has near us," erstwhile Socceroos skipper Craig Foster said connected TODAY.

"Not just, arsenic everyone has said, 1 of if not the top footballer to ever live."

Pele's prima began to radiance astatine the 1958 World Cup, wherever helium scored a brace successful Brazil's trophy-clinching triumph implicit Sweden.

"For a 17-year-old successful 1958 to people doubly successful the last - helium scored 3 times successful the semi-final and doubly successful the quarter-finals arsenic good - helium conscionable burst onto the scene," Foster said.

"He was lone 170 centimetres tall, helium was comparatively small, but helium was incredibly beardown and extraordinarily skilled. And the satellite had seen thing similar him to that point."

Foster besides praised Brazil's 1970 winners arsenic "one of the top teams that shot has ever seen" - but that contempt each of Pele's accomplishments connected the pitch, helium transcended the sport.

"More than that, helium conscionable became an incredibly loved, and 1 of best-known humans to locomotion the planet," Foster said.

"At immoderate points successful his life, aft helium won that 1970 World Cup, which was the archetypal telecast astir the satellite successful colour, helium was amended known than anyone other successful the world.

"And everyplace helium went helium was feted successful a mode that precise fewer person been."

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