In a very special way they wanted to honor his memory Pele in the local league of Recife, Brazil.
Just before the start of the match between Sport Recife and Rekor, the home team put on the pitch a giant doll of the legend of the “selesão”, who passed away a few months ago, which was driven by a human. Her raison d’être was to give the kick-off and the incident immediately went viral, with social media users writing various comments about the incident.
In fact, one of the snapshots shows the man who was handling the doll, making a gesture to someone inside the stadium, with his hand at her height… sensitive area.
Maybe in Brazil this kind of rituals and huge dolls are tradition, but the said scene quite alarmed the social media users who showed their… horror at this strange presence of the ‘king’.
???? Before the final of the Campeonato Pernambucano between Sport Recife and Retro, they honored O’Rei Pele with a giant statue in the middle of the field.
Un tanto bizarro, ?no? ????pic.twitter.com/mX0EtkVxmh
— Bolavip (@bolavipcom) April 23, 2023
Giant Pele doll with ‘hand for penis’ leaves fans terrified after kicking off cup final in Brazil https://t.co/ULha8jqVSn
— The Sun Football ? (@TheSunFootball) April 24, 2023
Source: Sport Fm
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