Pelé’s death is headlines online in newspapers around the world, but especially in Latin America and Europe.
In the Argentine sports car Olé (above), “Global pain: Pelé died”, which he describes as “one of the greatest in the history of football”, highlighting his relationship with Maradona, “love, fights, peace, very strong accusations and, in the end, almost friends”.
At Clarín, “Pelé died, a supreme symbol of football spectacle”, treated as “great among the great”. In Chilean La Tercera, “82 years of glory”. In the Colombian El Tiempo, “The world mourns the king of football”. In the Mexican Excelsior, “Pelé, the last god of football, has died”.
In the headline of the French sports L’Équipe (above), which proclaimed him the athlete of the century, “The end of a world”, plus the editorial “Insurmountable magic”. In the Italian Tutto Sport, “Pelé, the world stops”.
In French Le Monde, “The death of ‘King’ Pelé, legend of world football”. In the Italian Corriere della Sera, “Farewell to the King of Football”. In the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, “King Pelé is dead”, highlighting that “he will always be unique”. In Bild, “The best ever”.
In The Times, “Pelé, football’s first ‘superstar’, dies at 82”. In The Guardian, “Pelé: World Cup winner and football legend has died aged 82”, saying that he “radiated pleasure”.
Pelé’s death also makes headlines in Russians like Kommersant and Indians like Jagran, but the main US newspapers paid less attention, with the New York Times calling in the home that he was “the face of football” and publishing an article by José Miguel Wisnik , “Pelé will live forever”.
The sports club The Athletic, recently bought by the NYT, gave the main call “Celebrating Pelé, the greatest player in the history of the World Cup” (below).
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