The president of Conmebol has proposed that Brazil pay a special and moving tribute to Pele

Pelé, as we know, lives delicate weeks from the point of view of health. He has been hospitalized in a clinic in Sao Paulo since November 29 and, beyond the fact that he has stabilized in recent days, this Sunday and in the midst of the World Cup in Qatar, Conmebol has proposed to the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to do so he proposed to pay a special tribute to one of the most important players in historywinner of three of the five World Cups that the “Verdeamarelha” has.

What’s it about? The president of South American football, Alejandro Dominguezinformed the CBF trade three of the five stars that appear on the chest of your jersey for your world titles with three heartsin homage to a Pelé born 82 years ago in Tres Corazones (Minas Gerais).

“Like Conmebol, we propose to the CBF, so that Pelé can always live in the shirt of all of us who love football, to exchange three of their stars for three hearts. For everyone to know that, although he was not the only architect of the three World Cups, because football is a team sport, he gave life to the ‘jogo bonito'”Dominguez said.

“We want to give him this recognition on behalf of Pelé’s homeland, where football and ‘jogo bonito’ were born, of the countries that make up Conmebol. It’s a ‘crack’ that already lives in the hearts of all of us. Strength and long live the king,” he continued.

“Pelé was a source of inspiration because the number ’10’ was born with him. The real shirt of the crack, the idol, the star, the super-gifted. From him it becomes a source of inspiration, but Pelé is incomparable”he assured.

Furthermore, the president of Conmebol sent him a positive message for this moment he is going through due to the lung infection that afflicts him. “We are on his side in this game he is playing. Now is the right time to pay tribute to him again and let him know that he will live on in the hearts of anyone who loves football. Our job is for people to continue to know and love Pele.”he has declared.

For his part, the Brazilian Fernando Sarneyrepresentative of Conmebol in FIFA, he also expressed a few words of affection towards his compatriot Pele.

“This tribute is very emotional right now, while a World Cup is being played, the tournament that made him the King of football. Pelé is an inspiration, an example and the symbol of my country, Brazil,” he commented.

The former Argentine footballer was also present Javier Zanetti. “It is a pride and an honor to be in the tribute to Pele. He was an inspiration to all of us who love football. I got to know him personally and what he transmits is a source of pride. It never divides, it always unites. And those values ​​that football must convey. As an Argentinian I have always admired his behavior on and off the pitch. I wish Pelé and his family a lot of strength, because we need him to continue with us.”he has declared.

“Argentina is South American hope”

The presence of the Argentine national team as the only South American representative at the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar did not go unnoticed. “She comes from being the Copa América champion (in 2021). It comes from having played many games and establishing herself with a completely new coach”Domínguez stressed in his press statements following the event in downtown Doha.

“I see a very compact and very powerful Argentina team, which has all the conditions to fight for the World Cup. It’s a candidate”He added.

And he clarified who is betting on this four-team final which includes Croatia (Albiceleste’s rival on Tuesday), France (reigning champion) and Morocco (the Cinderella who dreams of landing the big shot).

“As South Americans our hope is that Argentina not only accesses the final, but also has the opportunity to lift the cup for the third time”he has declared.

From the 2024 America’s Cup to the 2030 World Cup

Alejandro Domínguez was also consulted on the status of the bids of Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile to host the 2030 World Cup. “It’s very solid”He supported and urged FIFA and “the football family” that it is their “responsibility” that the centenary of the tournament, “born in Uruguay”, takes place in South America.

“The candidacy is very solid. 2030 is a matter where FIFA has to decide what it will do. It is the responsibility of FIFA and the football family how and what we will do to remember who made that first World Cup, who was born in Uruguay. There will always be an opportunity for other countries from 2030 when they celebrate 100 years, because 100 years only comes once and that moment has to be in South America,” she stressed.

Another tournament that has to determine its venue is the Copa América 2024. In recent weeks, during the World Cup in Qatar, information has emerged that not only United States of America It would not be one of the guests, but it would even be the venue, as happened in the Copa América Centenario in 2016.

“Until now it’s speculation. If it happens, we’re in constant dialogue and today we haven’t signed anything yet”He said about the possibility of it being played in the US.

“I don’t know anything because there is no proposal from Bolivia to host. The day they are proposed, the proposal would be studied”completed another of the rumors that were circulating.

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