Pele Thinks Protests Could Hurt World Cup Football legend, Pele, says that World Cup could suffer from protesters over high costs spent on the World Cup. Pele shared his comments in Mexico, saying he sympathizes with protesters. He added that many visitors from other countries up to 25% cancelled their trips due to the unstable situation. He added that such outcome was “ a great loss for the country.” Pele claimed that he agreed with protesters demanding more schools and hospitals instead of spending all the money on the tournament. However, he added that the national team of Brazil should not be paying for politics and corruption in the tournament. Pele said “we have nothing to do with corrupt politicians and thieves.” Moreover, Pele added that he thought that was not the right time for protests. He has a point claiming that protesters should have organized as soon as Brazil was chosen as the host of World Cup, and not when the tournament is approaching. Pele, being a special advisor to the organizing committee of World Cup said that some of the stadiums are not ready yet. Still, he said he was sure the country would perform well. Moreover, he added that he is confident in team of Brazil. Still, as Brazil team has won World Cup more times than any other team, he thinks that everyone feels like it is obliged to win again at home. Pele is a 73-year-old retired Brazilian footballer, triple World Cup winner, special advisor to the organizing committee of World Cup and was chosen as the World Player of the Century in 1999 and was named by Time’s magazine one of 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Pele scored 1281 goals in 1363 games in total.
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 15:54:57 +0000
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