"Pelé once confessed that he had long been troubled by a conundrum, one he’d only be able to crack when he met God, face-to-face, and could demand an explanation. "What plagued him was a feeling of dual identity: There was 'Pelé,' the world’s greatest living sports legend of the 20th century, but also 'Edson Arantes do Nascimento,' the ordinary guy whose job it was to watch over Pelé, shouldering the weight of his quasi-supernatural existence."
Pelé Will Live Forever
Luminous, consummate and magical, the King of Soccer was Blackness in action.
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