In Portugal, O Joko was the only one to give Pele the first card, with a photo of a bicycle kick and the phrase “Escape to Eternity”, recalling the movie “Escape to Victory”, in which the Brazilian star appeared.
Bola placed a photo of Pele and recorded only the Brazilian’s name and year of birth and death, while the record spoke of “Farewell to the King” and highlighted the former footballer’s death at the top of the front page.
The publicists also highlight Pele’s death with an emphasis on Público occupying almost the entire front page with a photo commemorating “the star king of football without borders”.
In Spain, sports brand Marca occupied the entire front page with Pele’s name, with one of the best photos of “King” Edson Arantes do Nascimento’s celebrations saying, “Four letters have never been so big.”
At Pele’s feet is a photograph of Annie Leibovitz, which the Madrid newspaper writes only as “The King” 1940-2022.
Catalan Sport occupies most of its front page with a photo of “the king”, saying “The greatest footballer of all time has passed away at the age of 82”.
The generalists in Spain also called Pele on the cover, with El Pais, ABC and La Vanguardia dubbing the Brazilian “king”.
French L’Equipe occupied the entire front page with a photo of Pele wearing a Brazilian national team jersey and the simple phrase “Pele, he’s a king”.
Still in France, Liberation covers the entire front page with a photo of Pele, commemorating “the legendary player of the Brazilian team, three times world champion”.
In Italy, La Gazzetta dello Sport occupied the entire front page with Pele, “the champion who delighted Brazil and enchanted the world.”
“Once upon a time there was a king,” writes the Italian sports newspaper in capital letters.
Former Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele, died on Thursday at the age of 82 at the Israeli Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. condition”, according to the hospital establishment, in a statement.
Pele has been hospitalized since November 29, receiving chemotherapy for a tumor in his colon and treatment for a respiratory infection, but his condition worsened last week.
Born on October 23, 1940 in Tres Coras, Minas Gerais, Pele is the only footballer to win the World Cup three times in 1958, 1962 and 1970, scoring 77 goals in 92 matches for the Brazilian national team. Brazilian club Santos and New York Cosmos, from the United States.
He was also Minister of Sports in the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso between 1995 and 1998 and was selected as Sportsman of the Century by the International Olympic Committee (1999) and Footballer of the Century by FIFA (2000).
“Hardcore explorer. Extreme communicator. Professional writer. General music practitioner. Prone to fits of apathy.”