WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:46.840 Today, I officially declare 4 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:53.000 the 1970 World Cup open. 5 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:59.240 The 1970 World Cup is underway! 6 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:03.160 My father said, 7 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.640 “Football is for people who have guts.” 8 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:43.840 Everything that came out in the press, 9 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:47.520 that I didn’t have what it took to come back, that I wasn’t in good shape… 10 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:52.320 Pelé’s form has declined to the point he’s no longer the Pelé of old. 11 00:01:54.440 --> 00:01:56.440 …it was a lot of pressure. 12 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:01.880 It's no longer time for talking. 13 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:04.800 It's time for fighting. 14 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:11.520 The World Cup was important for the country. 15 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:16.880 But at that moment, 16 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:18.640 I didn't want to be Pelé. 17 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:22.280 I didn’t like it, I didn’t want it. 18 00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:25.120 I was praying, 19 00:02:26.040 --> 00:02:29.600 "God, please help me. This is my last World Cup." 20 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:38.920 Brazil is my country. 21 00:03:39.480 --> 00:03:41.360 It means everything to me. 22 00:03:42.440 --> 00:03:45.640 It's the country that brought me into this world. 23 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:02.800 Brazil was a "young" country, very much unknown. 24 00:04:06.720 --> 00:04:10.120 I can remember my grandparents delivering wood. 25 00:04:11.440 --> 00:04:13.720 They had a horse and cart, 26 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:16.800 and I rode on the horses a lot when I was about ten. 27 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:27.320 I had no idea that other countries existed. 28 00:04:27.400 --> 00:04:30.880 I thought Brazil was the most beautiful country in the world. 29 00:04:37.320 --> 00:04:40.120 We came from nothing and had very little. 30 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.360 We were poor, but we were able to work. 31 00:04:49.440 --> 00:04:50.760 My dad worked. 32 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:01.520 My dad was a footballer, and his nickname was Dondinho. 33 00:05:03.960 --> 00:05:06.160 I was known as Dondinho's son. 34 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:11.000 My dream was always to equal my dad. 35 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.160 I thought he was the best player in the world. 36 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:24.800 When Pelé arrived home from school, 37 00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:27.880 all he did was play football with his friends. 38 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:31.160 He just loved football. 39 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:34.320 At home, he’d get up to mischief. 40 00:05:35.080 --> 00:05:38.680 He was always a bit of a live wire. 41 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:43.560 There was a period in my dad's career 42 00:05:43.640 --> 00:05:46.800 when he got injured and his club didn't pay him. 43 00:05:47.280 --> 00:05:50.080 Pelé thought he should help out at home, 44 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:51.800 so he got a job. 45 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:11.400 I cleaned and shined shoes to help my family. 46 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:18.280 Did you ever dream that one day you'd become a famous footballer? 47 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:25.200 My background kept me levelheaded, 48 00:06:25.280 --> 00:06:27.200 and still does, 49 00:06:27.280 --> 00:06:29.440 which is down to my family. 50 00:06:29.520 --> 00:06:33.720 I’ve never thought, at any point in my life, 51 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:37.000 that I am better than anyone else. 52 00:06:37.080 --> 00:06:42.800 I'm lucky that these were the values my parents gave me. 53 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:49.440 But when my dad noticed that he was talented enough to become a footballer, 54 00:06:49.520 --> 00:06:51.000 he really encouraged it. 55 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:52.840 So they went to Santos. 56 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:05.040 I was the first person at Santos who met Pelé. 57 00:07:09.200 --> 00:07:13.920 We often had players come for a trial, 58 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:15.480 but they were never any good. 59 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:18.880 In that first training session, he showed his amazing talent. 60 00:07:22.640 --> 00:07:25.360 He shook my hand so strongly that I thought, 61 00:07:25.440 --> 00:07:30.200 "I want to be on his team and not against him!" 62 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:35.200 He arrived with such personality. 63 00:07:35.280 --> 00:07:37.560 He wasn't afraid of anything. 64 00:07:37.640 --> 00:07:43.360 It was as if he'd been with us for years. 65 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:47.480 I was only 16, 66 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.600 but I could now say that I was a professional footballer. 67 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:59.760 And then I was called up to the 1958 World Cup. 68 00:08:02.520 --> 00:08:08.760 We had some idea of how great a player he could be. 69 00:08:09.320 --> 00:08:13.120 But when he was called up to the national team, 70 00:08:13.640 --> 00:08:15.360 we were simply overjoyed. 71 00:08:37.160 --> 00:08:39.560 I said, "Cool, we're going to Sweden." 72 00:08:39.640 --> 00:08:42.600 I'd never even left Brazil before. 73 00:08:44.920 --> 00:08:49.040 We thought Brazil was well known in Europe, 74 00:08:49.680 --> 00:08:51.080 but it wasn't. 75 00:08:57.640 --> 00:09:00.800 There were some Swedish kids 76 00:09:01.560 --> 00:09:04.440 who kept touching my face, and I thought, 77 00:09:04.520 --> 00:09:07.960 "What's going on?" 78 00:09:08.040 --> 00:09:11.160 They were looking at their hands to see if the dye came off! 79 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:14.200 They'd never seen a Black person before. 80 00:09:22.560 --> 00:09:26.160 Back then, Brazil wasn't considered a football nation. 81 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:32.120 We weren't favorites by any stretch. 82 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.320 I saw a skinny kid 83 00:09:39.400 --> 00:09:45.560 who should have felt the pressure of being called up to a World Cup. 84 00:09:47.280 --> 00:09:48.400 But he didn't. 85 00:09:48.920 --> 00:09:50.880 He was so confident. 86 00:10:06.800 --> 00:10:12.280 Some journalists said that I was too young to play, 87 00:10:12.800 --> 00:10:14.520 that I wasn't experienced enough. 88 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.320 But my dad always said to me… 89 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:33.880 "Don't worry, son. Believe in yourself." 90 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:36.720 "On the pitch, you're all the same." 91 00:10:36.800 --> 00:10:38.600 And that thought lifted me. 92 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:49.080 The ball comes to Pelé, he controls it and shoots… 93 00:10:51.680 --> 00:10:54.960 Pelé scores for Brazil! 94 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.960 In 1950, the World Cup was in Brazil. 95 00:11:51.040 --> 00:11:52.600 We were just kids. 96 00:12:02.640 --> 00:12:07.040 When Brazil hosted the World Cup in 1950, 97 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:11.320 there was a real hope that Brazil would make its mark 98 00:12:11.400 --> 00:12:16.080 and leave behind its backward past. 99 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:22.920 There was no TV back then, so only those in the stadium saw it. 100 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:24.320 I was one of them. 101 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:34.440 There were 200,000 fans inside the Maracanã stadium. 102 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:39.800 Brazil was going all out to do everything possible 103 00:12:39.880 --> 00:12:44.360 to appear on the world stage through football. 104 00:12:46.280 --> 00:12:49.400 My fellow Brazilians, in a matter of minutes, 105 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:51.440 you will become world champions. 106 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:56.040 We kept our word and built this stadium. 107 00:12:56.120 --> 00:13:00.000 Now do your duty and win us the World Cup. 108 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.560 Brazil on the attack… 109 00:13:08.640 --> 00:13:10.920 It comes to Friaça… he shoots! 110 00:13:12.280 --> 00:13:15.040 Brazil score! 111 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:26.960 We were all huddled around the radio, 112 00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:29.360 chatting and listening to the game. 113 00:13:32.680 --> 00:13:34.280 Ghiggia has it… 114 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:37.400 he finds Schiaffino… Uruguay score! 115 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.360 A goal for Uruguay. They've equalized. 116 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:43.480 Ghiggia on the right, 117 00:13:43.560 --> 00:13:45.880 he runs towards the Brazilian goal… 118 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:46.800 Goal! 119 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:49.880 Uruguay score their second goal! 120 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:52.960 Uruguay win 2-1. 121 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:08.400 Everyone was silent on the streets. 122 00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:13.680 It was truly a tragedy. 123 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:20.040 1950 represents 124 00:14:21.160 --> 00:14:23.040 the great national failure. 125 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:29.800 It was after that defeat that the playwright Nelson Rodrigues 126 00:14:29.880 --> 00:14:34.440 coined the term, 127 00:14:34.520 --> 00:14:38.200 the "Mongrel Complex." 128 00:14:40.760 --> 00:14:44.120 He meant that Brazil wilted, shrank into the shadows, 129 00:14:44.760 --> 00:14:48.600 and praised the virtues of others. 130 00:14:48.680 --> 00:14:51.200 "The others are great and we aren't worth a thing." 131 00:14:51.280 --> 00:14:54.800 Because a mongrel is a street dog. 132 00:14:57.760 --> 00:15:02.120 I didn't know what to say to my dad because he'd been crying. 133 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:07.320 So I said to him, "Don't worry, don't be sad." 134 00:15:07.400 --> 00:15:09.520 "I'll win a World Cup for you." 135 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:30.080 In a few moments, 136 00:15:30.160 --> 00:15:34.960 Brazil against Sweden will get underway in the World Cup Final. 137 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:55.960 Liedholm scores! 138 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:59.640 Sweden 1-0 Brazil. 139 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:10.400 Is it going to be another disaster? 140 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:14.040 Vavá finds Pelé, 141 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:16.400 and Pelé shoots! 142 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:20.440 What a shot by Pelé! 143 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:27.880 Nilton Santos crosses to Pelé, he controls it… 144 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:39.360 Incredible goal by Pelé! 145 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:54.200 He was a prodigy. 146 00:16:56.800 --> 00:16:58.280 We used to laugh 147 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:00.800 because we were watching 148 00:17:00.880 --> 00:17:05.040 the greatest player of all time emerge before our eyes. 149 00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:24.440 Brazil are world champions! 150 00:17:40.320 --> 00:17:41.440 It was a dream. 151 00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:45.480 It was amazing. 152 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:01.840 I didn't sleep that night. 153 00:18:02.320 --> 00:18:06.000 I didn't sleep because I wanted to find out if people back home in Brazil, 154 00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:09.600 and especially my family, had listened to the games. 155 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:13.520 "Will they have seen my goals?" 156 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:33.560 Look at this scene! 157 00:18:34.080 --> 00:18:37.200 The people have taken over! 158 00:18:37.280 --> 00:18:40.120 People are jumping! They're shouting! 159 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:43.600 They're all here to celebrate Brazil's victory 160 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:47.160 and welcome home our incredible players. 161 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:03.400 Pelé emerges as the guy 162 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:07.200 who solved this Mongrel Complex. 163 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:12.120 He made Brazilians love themselves again. 164 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:15.720 Symbolically, that's no small thing. 165 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:02.600 Pelé was the man of the hour. 166 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:06.400 Wherever we'd go, it was, "Pelé, Pelé, Pelé…" 167 00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:11.840 When people would come up to us, we'd say, "Look over there! There's Pelé!" 168 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:16.280 Everyone would surge over there, and we'd laugh so hard. 169 00:20:24.800 --> 00:20:27.000 Girls wanted Pelé as their boyfriend. 170 00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:30.840 Boys wanted Pelé as their brother. Parents wanted Pelé as their son. 171 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:33.360 And everyone wanted Pelé as their neighbor. 172 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:38.280 Because he was totally captivating. 173 00:20:38.360 --> 00:20:41.440 His natural charisma 174 00:20:41.520 --> 00:20:44.360 gave him star quality. 175 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:49.480 From that point on, his status just kept growing. 176 00:20:57.800 --> 00:21:01.120 He was treated like royalty… 177 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:06.600 by Black, white, and mixed-race people. 178 00:21:07.280 --> 00:21:12.160 He became the symbol of Brazilian emancipation. 179 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:19.880 I was able to experience the joy that everyone felt, 180 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.920 that Pelé fever. 181 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:26.560 You had poor boys in the favela 182 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:31.160 who saw themselves in Pelé and said, "I want to be like Pelé!" 183 00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:35.240 Because he was the most inspiring image 184 00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:38.560 that we'd ever had of a poor Black boy. 185 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:46.040 I couldn't go out. There were people wherever I went. 186 00:21:47.600 --> 00:21:50.480 I didn't know what to do. 187 00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:54.360 And then there were my dad's friends! They forgot about him, 188 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:57.800 and wanted to know about little Pelé instead. 189 00:21:58.360 --> 00:22:01.960 So it was hard to adapt. 190 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:06.240 It must have been difficult for him. 191 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:09.840 He was so young, 192 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:14.400 and all he wanted to do was play football and show his talent. 193 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:19.800 Pelé… Pelé… Pelé… 194 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:27.240 Before Pelé, Santos was a small club. 195 00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:30.000 They had no importance. 196 00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:32.160 Pelé arrives. 197 00:22:59.040 --> 00:23:03.120 Pelé single-handedly took the team to the next level. 198 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:06.840 It's not that Pelé made the difference. 199 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:10.080 Pelé was the difference. 200 00:23:30.760 --> 00:23:33.240 The Brazilian kid isn't 19 yet. 201 00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:36.040 He may well be the best footballer in the world right now. 202 00:23:58.760 --> 00:24:02.080 Do you think you're the best player in the world since '58? 203 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:05.800 I've never believed in a best player in the world. 204 00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:08.960 To be the best player in the world, 205 00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:12.320 you need to be better in every position than everyone else. 206 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:14.040 And that's tricky, isn't it? 207 00:24:18.040 --> 00:24:20.720 Pelé has just turned 21. 208 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:23.840 In the space of four years between 1957 and 1961, 209 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:26.600 Pelé has scored 355 goals. 210 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:31.120 An amount that even the greatest players only manage by the end of their careers. 211 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:42.600 While I am President of Santos, 212 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:44.480 Pelé will not be for sale. 213 00:24:44.560 --> 00:24:48.080 He's a national treasure and won't be sold for any price. 214 00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:52.880 Santos will play Benfica for the Intercontinental Cup. 215 00:24:58.120 --> 00:25:02.280 Sensational goal by Pelé! A gem! 216 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:06.080 Santos 5-2 Benfica. 217 00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:10.000 Santos are world champions! 218 00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:18.680 I was lucky to have the boys at Santos. 219 00:25:18.760 --> 00:25:20.400 They gave me a lot of strength. 220 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.520 So much strength. 221 00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:39.320 If you don't speak in English, don't talk to me. 222 00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:05.720 I'm the one working, and you guys come here and disturb me! 223 00:26:05.800 --> 00:26:08.640 -But I'm well. -You're well? 224 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.840 Let's go. 225 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:12.480 Look how well I am. 226 00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:14.520 Do you want to see? Let me go. 227 00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:16.320 Stand back. 228 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.880 Look how well I am. 229 00:26:18.800 --> 00:26:20.160 Did anyone call me? 230 00:26:23.520 --> 00:26:24.960 He just did a doughnut! 231 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:30.200 You guys are the best. 232 00:26:30.280 --> 00:26:34.160 You brought the sun with you. 233 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:37.120 What a beautiful day. 234 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:39.320 Edu wanted to get a tan. 235 00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:50.480 It was God who put this team together. 236 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.840 It was incredible, wasn't it? 237 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:55.120 It was a family. 238 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:58.480 Something that Brazil owes Santos, 239 00:26:58.560 --> 00:27:02.320 is that when we used to go on tour, 240 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:06.160 we'd beat the best teams in Italy, Germany, and all across Europe, 241 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.080 and people started talking about Brazil. 242 00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:10.000 Nobody knew where Brazil was until then. 243 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:15.720 Do you remember that time we were playing in Europe? 244 00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:18.800 And the coach said, "Damn, Pelé's injured." 245 00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:21.160 He said, "Let's think about this." 246 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:25.960 "The rest of our attack is Black like you, 247 00:27:26.040 --> 00:27:30.560 so Dorval can wear your number 10 shirt, and no one will know any different." 248 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:35.880 So I wore the number 10 249 00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:38.760 but people quickly realized I wasn't Pelé, 250 00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:42.280 and they all started chanting, "Pelé, Pelé, Pelé!" 251 00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:45.280 And you had to come on, even though you were injured. 252 00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:47.360 I think they must have thought, 253 00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:52.480 "But Pelé is usually so handsome, it can't be him!" 254 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.880 They thought you were good-looking? 255 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:57.840 Come on, man, get over yourself! 256 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.760 You were the King. We knew that. 257 00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:04.840 But we wanted to help and play our part too. 258 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:07.480 Ah, this whole thing of being the King… 259 00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:12.440 Do you remember when we went to Paris and I sang that samba? 260 00:28:12.520 --> 00:28:13.880 It went, 261 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.400 What kind of king am I 262 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:18.160 Without a kingdom or a crown? 263 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.760 With no castle or queen… 264 00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:23.200 With no castle or queen Drifting aimlessly around the world 265 00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:29.680 Well, at least your singing has improved! 266 00:28:36.040 --> 00:28:38.040 The voice is as bad as it's always been! 267 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:42.480 Don't eat too much. We've got a game tomorrow! 268 00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:03.480 That World Cup was there to be Pelé's tournament. 269 00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:07.040 He was about to turn 22, 270 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.760 he was experienced, 271 00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:11.440 and he was world football's biggest star. 272 00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:31.840 We expected so much from him because of what he'd done in '58. 273 00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:36.480 Then came the second game against Czechoslovakia. 274 00:29:41.760 --> 00:29:43.480 Pelé hits the post! 275 00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:46.600 Pelé is injured! 276 00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:49.200 It was 0-0, 277 00:29:50.760 --> 00:29:52.680 and Pelé got injured. 278 00:29:56.280 --> 00:29:58.080 I didn't know what it was. 279 00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:03.000 I was young, I was a kid, 280 00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:07.280 I'd never had an injury like this before. 281 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:14.520 We were hoping he'd recover quickly, 282 00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:17.120 but he wasn't able to play in that World Cup again. 283 00:30:23.280 --> 00:30:25.600 Those were the cards that were dealt, 284 00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:30.800 and Pelé's replacement was Amarildo. 285 00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:40.200 I read a newspaper headline that said, "Brazil cries over Pelé." 286 00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:43.000 And, of course, here in Brazil, 287 00:30:43.560 --> 00:30:47.760 Pelé's absence was a tragedy. 288 00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:55.440 But Pelé spoke to me and said, 289 00:30:55.520 --> 00:30:56.680 "Hey, kid… 290 00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:02.000 it's up to you now." 291 00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:13.680 When you get injured 292 00:31:13.760 --> 00:31:16.720 and have your journey cut short in a World Cup, 293 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.720 it's hard to take. 294 00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:25.120 But I said to the other players, 295 00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:28.880 "Come on, don't worry! We're a team, not just one player." 296 00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:33.560 Zagallo takes the throw 297 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:35.560 and finds Amarildo. 298 00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:39.960 Amarildo goes past his defender… 299 00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:43.400 Brazil score! 300 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:45.800 Brazil! Brazil! 301 00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:49.720 Brazil are now two-time world champions! 302 00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:56.320 After the game, 303 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:00.040 when we were in the dressing room, 304 00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:04.080 he came into the shower fully clothed 305 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:06.120 and gave me a big hug. 306 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:12.200 Despite not playing, he was there on the pitch in spirit, 307 00:32:12.280 --> 00:32:17.040 spurring us on to success. 308 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:22.440 The World Cup is over! 309 00:32:22.520 --> 00:32:25.280 Brazil win again! 310 00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:26.760 Let's celebrate! 311 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:35.640 The late '50s and early '60s 312 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.600 were undoubtedly some of the best times 313 00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:41.720 in Brazil's history. 314 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.360 Pelé rose to fame 315 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:50.040 at the moment of Brazil's birth as a modern country. 316 00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:53.560 It was no longer just a country that exported produce, 317 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:57.920 but a nation of industry, efficiency, and culture. 318 00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:02.160 It was a country that believed in itself and could succeed. 319 00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:09.160 Brazil stopped being the country of tomorrow, 320 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.960 and became the country of today. 321 00:33:11.800 --> 00:33:15.520 And Pelé is not a supporting actor in this, he's the protagonist. 322 00:33:16.800 --> 00:33:19.200 King Pelé. Scene one, take one. 323 00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:22.520 Pelé, the living room is full of people. 324 00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:24.600 There are reporters in the kitchen! 325 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:27.240 I'm becoming famous. 326 00:33:27.320 --> 00:33:29.840 Pelé came through at a time 327 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:33.520 when TV was getting big. 328 00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:36.240 He was a product of his era. 329 00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:40.440 Pelé, have you ever thought about working in the movies? 330 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:43.600 No, I've never considered it. 331 00:33:48.280 --> 00:33:51.400 Pelé is no longer a footballer, but a national institution. 332 00:33:56.280 --> 00:33:57.760 He loved being an idol. 333 00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:02.680 So for him it was very natural, 334 00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:06.480 as if it was built into his DNA. 335 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:09.400 This product is so cool! 336 00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:13.720 He had this image of a strong, healthy young guy, 337 00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:16.160 who scored a lot of goals and was center of attention. 338 00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.560 He was magnetic. 339 00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:29.200 -What's this coffee? -It's Café Pelé. 340 00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:31.160 It's delicious! 341 00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:33.320 You know it. 342 00:34:35.600 --> 00:34:37.480 "Where do you come from?" "I'm from Brazil." 343 00:34:37.560 --> 00:34:39.560 "Ah, the land of Pelé!" 344 00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:47.560 He made Brazilians proud to say, 345 00:34:48.080 --> 00:34:52.160 "We don't need to look up to the English, Germans, French, or Italians." 346 00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:54.400 "They trail in our wake 347 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:57.720 because when it comes to football, we're better than you." 348 00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:01.960 It was football that was now our identity. 349 00:35:07.040 --> 00:35:08.720 Those were happy times. 350 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:20.800 We thought that democracy would last forever. 351 00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.360 Unfortunately, it didn't. 352 00:36:14.200 --> 00:36:16.000 What was the reason behind the coup? 353 00:36:16.080 --> 00:36:19.200 Brazil was supposedly being led by communists. 354 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:22.400 But this had no grounding at all. 355 00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:27.040 In 1964, there was no chance of Brazil becoming a communist country, 356 00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:31.560 but that was the justification used by the military. 357 00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:40.360 It was a U.S. project designed to stimulate dictatorships in the Americas 358 00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:45.120 in order to avoid the spread of Soviet Communism. 359 00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:49.640 A different Brazil had arrived. 360 00:36:52.560 --> 00:36:54.360 All that joy 361 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:58.760 from the late '50s and early '60s 362 00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:00.400 went down the drain. 363 00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:10.520 Did the dictatorship change anything for you? 364 00:37:11.520 --> 00:37:14.800 No, football went on in the same way. 365 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:29.520 There weren't any noticeable differences. 366 00:37:29.600 --> 00:37:32.680 Certainly not for me. 367 00:37:42.080 --> 00:37:46.040 I've been invited to participate 368 00:37:47.640 --> 00:37:50.000 in politics, 369 00:37:50.080 --> 00:37:52.440 but honestly, 370 00:37:52.520 --> 00:37:56.400 I've got no desire to get involved. 371 00:37:56.480 --> 00:38:03.160 Football already takes up most of my time, 372 00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:05.960 and ultimately, I don't understand anything about politics. 373 00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:17.360 Pelé simply accepted the regime and lived with it. 374 00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:20.680 The fact that the regime wanted to treat him well, 375 00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:24.120 because it realized how important this relationship was, 376 00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:29.200 meant he was just a person that got on with his life 377 00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:30.920 and wasn't harmed by it. 378 00:38:33.120 --> 00:38:35.360 Pelé, three years ago 379 00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:38.960 you told me you were looking to settle down. 380 00:38:39.040 --> 00:38:43.120 How do you feel now you're in love? 381 00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:49.720 I didn't tell people I had a girlfriend 382 00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:52.520 so the papers wouldn't talk about it, 383 00:38:52.600 --> 00:38:55.760 and it wouldn't become public. 384 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:10.800 The first serious relationship that made me want to start a family 385 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:14.880 was when I met Rose here in Santos. 386 00:39:17.080 --> 00:39:18.720 I was a little shy. 387 00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:22.400 Then I made friends with her father. 388 00:39:23.040 --> 00:39:26.000 I'd offer to shine 389 00:39:26.080 --> 00:39:31.400 her dad's shoes for his approval. 390 00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:40.520 I thought it was time to settle down, 391 00:39:40.600 --> 00:39:42.800 and I became closer to her family 392 00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:44.960 until we eventually got married. 393 00:39:51.120 --> 00:39:54.920 I married her because I was attracted to her. I was young, I was still a boy. 394 00:39:56.480 --> 00:40:00.640 We liked each other and were good friends, 395 00:40:01.560 --> 00:40:04.960 but that crazy thing of being in love? 396 00:40:05.040 --> 00:40:07.880 We really didn't have it. 397 00:40:10.520 --> 00:40:12.360 Do you have any hobbies in common? 398 00:40:13.520 --> 00:40:14.600 Dancing. 399 00:40:14.680 --> 00:40:21.640 Dancing, music… Popular music. 400 00:40:27.520 --> 00:40:31.840 Do you and your husband have enough time together? 401 00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:35.400 He knows how to split his time between football and family, 402 00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:37.160 and it works well. 403 00:40:41.080 --> 00:40:45.040 What was it like to be your wife? Do you think it was hard? 404 00:40:45.680 --> 00:40:48.320 I think it was hard. I think so. 405 00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:56.360 I started to have more professional commitments 406 00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.800 outside of football. 407 00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:00.960 I signed contracts 408 00:41:01.040 --> 00:41:04.440 to advertise products around the world. 409 00:41:04.520 --> 00:41:08.640 I began to travel more often for this kind of work 410 00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:10.400 than for football. 411 00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:15.680 That was challenging for my family and for my relationship. 412 00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:16.840 I understood that. 413 00:41:26.200 --> 00:41:31.200 Was it hard for you to remain faithful with girls throwing themselves at you? 414 00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:34.680 Honestly, it was. 415 00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:45.800 I had some affairs that resulted in children, 416 00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:48.280 but I only became aware of them later. 417 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:54.080 My first wife knew about everything. 418 00:41:54.160 --> 00:41:55.800 I never lied to anyone. 419 00:41:58.720 --> 00:42:03.040 We're at the airport, and we're waiting 420 00:42:03.120 --> 00:42:05.960 for Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé. 421 00:42:06.040 --> 00:42:08.920 Mr. Pelé, would you like to introduce your wife to us? 422 00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:10.320 I don't speak French. 423 00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.760 You don't speak French? 424 00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:15.040 Are you visiting Paris? 425 00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:22.080 Yes, I've been visiting Paris with my wife and I enjoyed it. 426 00:42:22.640 --> 00:42:25.680 I'd like to come back here in the future. 427 00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:30.480 Who are the favorites for the next World Cup? 428 00:42:30.560 --> 00:42:36.640 It's difficult for Brazil as we're going for our third World Cup in a row. 429 00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:38.520 All the teams will be well prepared. 430 00:42:38.600 --> 00:42:41.480 -But we'll do our best to win it. -Thank you. 431 00:42:59.680 --> 00:43:02.840 I was chatting to some friends 432 00:43:03.560 --> 00:43:05.560 about the Brazilian fans 433 00:43:05.640 --> 00:43:08.880 who think we've already won our third World Cup. 434 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:11.040 We've even been given banners 435 00:43:11.560 --> 00:43:16.640 saying, "Three-time champions," to sign at the hotel. 436 00:43:16.720 --> 00:43:18.200 I don't like that. 437 00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:20.360 I think that weighs horribly on us. 438 00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:23.160 You have to let things happen naturally. 439 00:43:23.240 --> 00:43:25.960 In football, you win or lose on the pitch. 440 00:43:26.520 --> 00:43:28.520 -We'll win, won't we, Pelé? -God willing. 441 00:43:44.120 --> 00:43:48.360 I had this dream 442 00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:50.920 of winning the World Cup in England. 443 00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:53.840 I thought Brazil could win, 444 00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:57.000 become champions again, and my job would be complete. 445 00:44:22.520 --> 00:44:24.840 What do you think about this type of defensive football 446 00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:27.440 where they mark you tightly? 447 00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:33.960 We have to get used to playing like this. 448 00:44:34.040 --> 00:44:38.720 Football used to be more classic, something for the fans, a spectacle. 449 00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:42.760 Now teams only play for results. 450 00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:47.040 Football has become ugly. Teams are playing harder. 451 00:44:55.240 --> 00:44:57.840 For the majority of players it was our first World Cup, 452 00:44:57.920 --> 00:45:00.000 including myself. 453 00:45:00.600 --> 00:45:04.520 Pelé was leading us as the best player in Brazil and in the world. 454 00:45:05.040 --> 00:45:10.200 So our opponents set up a system 455 00:45:10.720 --> 00:45:12.640 to mark Pelé out of the tournament. 456 00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:15.520 "We've got to nullify the threat of Pelé." 457 00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:45.680 Football today is different. 458 00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:48.600 Football today is tougher, 459 00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:50.600 there's more marking, 460 00:45:51.120 --> 00:45:55.240 teams play more defensively. 461 00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:57.040 Today it's common to hear, 462 00:45:57.120 --> 00:45:59.840 "Let's target Pelé! Put three players on Pelé!" 463 00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:57.120 I thought the standard of refereeing was deplorable. 464 00:47:57.200 --> 00:48:00.320 And as a result of this woeful refereeing, 465 00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:02.240 we were subjected 466 00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:06.000 to new levels of violence in each game. 467 00:49:23.760 --> 00:49:27.120 People are saying 468 00:49:27.200 --> 00:49:29.360 that this was your last World Cup. 469 00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:32.680 We can't let that happen because the world needs your football. 470 00:49:32.760 --> 00:49:35.920 We need the spectacle that you give the fans 471 00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:38.240 as the greatest player in the world. 472 00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:39.400 -Is it true? -It is. 473 00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:43.560 People have asked me this question a few times, so let me clear it up. 474 00:49:43.640 --> 00:49:47.400 I don't intend to play in a World Cup again 475 00:49:47.480 --> 00:49:49.640 because I'm not lucky in World Cups. 476 00:49:49.720 --> 00:49:51.680 This is the second one I've been to 477 00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:54.200 where I've only played two games and got injured. 478 00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:02.920 It shook the nation. 479 00:50:04.160 --> 00:50:07.680 It shook all us players too. 480 00:50:13.200 --> 00:50:16.160 Why is Pelé quitting the national team 481 00:50:16.240 --> 00:50:20.120 when he's young enough to play in more World Cups? 482 00:50:27.560 --> 00:50:32.080 To be forced out of that World Cup was devastating. 483 00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:35.480 I said, "Oh, man, 484 00:50:36.520 --> 00:50:38.240 what now? What am I going to do?" 485 00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:46.080 I thought, "I can end my run here." 486 00:50:47.200 --> 00:50:50.360 I was upset, I wanted to say goodbye. 487 00:51:08.440 --> 00:51:10.560 He was devastated. 488 00:51:12.040 --> 00:51:16.520 It was hard to encourage him to play again, 489 00:51:16.600 --> 00:51:18.760 because he was really down at that time. 490 00:51:48.120 --> 00:51:51.560 Brazil had been very poor in England in 1966. 491 00:51:51.640 --> 00:51:54.520 The country was already under a dictatorship, 492 00:51:54.600 --> 00:51:59.120 but the situation worsened with Institutional Act Number 5, 493 00:51:59.200 --> 00:52:02.760 the infamous AI-5, that was imposed on us in 1968. 494 00:52:22.720 --> 00:52:25.440 His excellency, the President of the Republic, 495 00:52:26.360 --> 00:52:30.400 has decided to implement an Institutional Act 496 00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:34.720 that gives the government 497 00:52:34.800 --> 00:52:36.680 the necessary tools 498 00:52:36.760 --> 00:52:40.880 to secure order and peace. 499 00:52:47.280 --> 00:52:51.520 It took away every freedom you could think of. 500 00:52:52.960 --> 00:52:55.280 Anyone could be arrested 501 00:52:55.960 --> 00:52:59.360 without due cause. 502 00:53:01.360 --> 00:53:03.880 People simply disappeared. 503 00:53:11.720 --> 00:53:14.680 My role was to sign AI-5. 504 00:53:16.920 --> 00:53:20.360 Some have said it was used to torture people… 505 00:53:20.440 --> 00:53:23.680 Obviously. 506 00:53:24.160 --> 00:53:26.480 Because when man has power, 507 00:53:27.640 --> 00:53:32.760 he's the only animal capable of killing his own kind. 508 00:53:45.520 --> 00:53:47.400 General Médici was the dictator 509 00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:51.040 during the worst phase of torture and murder. 510 00:53:52.160 --> 00:53:58.040 He was the cruelest dictator that Brazil ever had. 511 00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:10.920 He understood how football captivated people. 512 00:54:11.000 --> 00:54:13.520 So it became common to see General Médici 513 00:54:13.600 --> 00:54:17.160 watching football with a radio glued to his ear, 514 00:54:17.240 --> 00:54:21.600 while political prisoners were being tortured elsewhere, 515 00:54:21.680 --> 00:54:26.600 and the general was at the game creating a "nice guy" image. 516 00:54:43.040 --> 00:54:48.280 Did you know about the torture happening in the late 1960s? 517 00:54:49.040 --> 00:54:55.160 If I told you I didn't know anything, 518 00:54:55.240 --> 00:54:58.880 I would be lying. 519 00:54:59.360 --> 00:55:01.880 We knew about a lot of things. 520 00:55:01.960 --> 00:55:04.760 But we weren't sure 521 00:55:04.840 --> 00:55:08.320 what was true or false 522 00:55:08.400 --> 00:55:13.440 because Santos spent so much time abroad, 523 00:55:13.520 --> 00:55:16.840 we didn't know what news was true or not. 524 00:55:18.520 --> 00:55:21.680 Here in Brazil, we were always told 525 00:55:21.760 --> 00:55:24.480 to be careful and not leave the hotel. 526 00:55:25.600 --> 00:55:26.960 I felt worried. 527 00:55:30.240 --> 00:55:33.280 What was your relationship with the various governments like? 528 00:55:34.640 --> 00:55:38.160 My door was always open. 529 00:55:38.240 --> 00:55:40.040 Everyone knows this. 530 00:55:40.120 --> 00:55:44.520 And that includes when things were really bad. 531 00:55:44.600 --> 00:55:49.960 I was always sought out to take sides. 532 00:55:53.800 --> 00:55:56.120 I don't know which political side he's on, 533 00:55:58.440 --> 00:56:03.120 but Pelé has never been one to identify himself with a government. 534 00:56:03.840 --> 00:56:06.240 He's always been much more than that. 535 00:56:11.640 --> 00:56:13.280 Every country needs a hero. 536 00:56:13.960 --> 00:56:16.200 People need to believe in something. 537 00:56:25.920 --> 00:56:28.720 A sense of belonging 538 00:56:28.800 --> 00:56:32.400 can be more important than your daily struggles, 539 00:56:32.480 --> 00:56:34.240 and sport is part of that. 540 00:56:43.040 --> 00:56:45.200 People aren't just paying attention to politics. 541 00:56:45.280 --> 00:56:48.040 They're paying attention to what is more important for them, 542 00:56:48.120 --> 00:56:50.360 and that's living their everyday lives. 543 00:56:52.320 --> 00:56:53.880 Pelé helped in this process. 544 00:57:01.040 --> 00:57:04.240 Pelé's achievements merge with national glory, 545 00:57:04.320 --> 00:57:05.600 whoever wins. 546 00:57:05.680 --> 00:57:07.600 A dictatorship? It wins with him. 547 00:57:07.680 --> 00:57:09.560 A democracy? It wins in the same way. 548 00:57:18.840 --> 00:57:20.200 Pelé's here with me, 549 00:57:20.280 --> 00:57:23.440 and he's going to give us an exclusive interview. 550 00:57:24.120 --> 00:57:26.200 Pelé! How emotional! 551 00:57:26.280 --> 00:57:29.360 The pleasure is all mine, 552 00:57:29.440 --> 00:57:33.040 especially when you consider the expectations surrounding today. 553 00:57:33.120 --> 00:57:35.280 You can't even imagine how I'm feeling. 554 00:57:35.360 --> 00:57:39.200 This is the ball for the 1000th goal. 555 00:57:39.280 --> 00:57:41.280 It's the only one in the world 556 00:57:41.360 --> 00:57:45.160 because no player has ever achieved this feat. 557 00:58:01.280 --> 00:58:06.040 Pelé's name has just been announced! 558 00:58:06.800 --> 00:58:09.040 This is an indescribable feeling. 559 00:58:10.080 --> 00:58:14.880 Show these people who are cheering for the King. 560 00:58:14.960 --> 00:58:17.720 The first sportsman in the world 561 00:58:17.800 --> 00:58:20.680 with the chance to score 1,000 goals. 562 00:58:21.320 --> 00:58:24.200 Congratulations, Pelé! Congratulations, Brazil! 563 00:58:24.280 --> 00:58:29.400 We are 14 minutes from the end of the game. 564 00:58:29.480 --> 00:58:32.520 Here's Pelé… Penalty! 565 00:58:33.480 --> 00:58:36.480 A clear penalty! 566 00:58:40.560 --> 00:58:44.760 All we had left in this sad struggle was football. 567 00:58:45.720 --> 00:58:50.160 It was escapism for us in Brazil. 568 00:58:52.800 --> 00:58:59.160 And in Pelé, we had an unrivaled leader and hero. 569 00:59:01.040 --> 00:59:02.760 The stadium wants Pelé. 570 00:59:02.840 --> 00:59:06.840 The biggest stadium in the world is ready for the biggest player in the world. 571 00:59:12.560 --> 00:59:15.720 Here's Pelé with the goal of the century at his feet. 572 00:59:20.560 --> 00:59:24.240 I thought, "If the keeper saves it 573 00:59:24.320 --> 00:59:27.760 or the ball hits the bar, where are my teammates?" 574 00:59:27.840 --> 00:59:29.320 I couldn't see anyone. 575 00:59:29.960 --> 00:59:34.400 Everyone was behind me. 576 00:59:36.400 --> 00:59:39.080 My legs were shaking. I said to myself, 577 00:59:39.160 --> 00:59:41.040 "I can't miss this penalty." 578 01:00:20.200 --> 01:00:23.840 Pelé was a shining star, 579 01:00:23.920 --> 01:00:29.040 glowing in the black sky of Brazilian life. 580 01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:35.720 He symbolized Brazil's potential 581 01:00:35.800 --> 01:00:42.320 to be a fairer and happier country. 582 01:00:44.560 --> 01:00:46.280 That's what Pelé represented. 583 01:00:48.840 --> 01:00:54.440 Pelé, we thank you eternally 584 01:00:54.520 --> 01:00:56.360 for what you've done for Brazil 585 01:00:56.440 --> 01:00:59.160 and for our sport that is the soul of the people. 586 01:00:59.240 --> 01:01:03.040 Pelé get some well-deserved rest. 587 01:01:03.120 --> 01:01:05.360 No one deserves it more than you. 588 01:01:33.640 --> 01:01:40.040 If I was ever told that anyone famous or important wanted to meet me 589 01:01:40.120 --> 01:01:43.320 or have lunch with me, 590 01:01:43.920 --> 01:01:46.360 then I would always go if I could. 591 01:01:46.440 --> 01:01:47.680 I didn't see any issues. 592 01:02:12.160 --> 01:02:17.000 I was told that the President wanted to congratulate me, 593 01:02:18.280 --> 01:02:19.600 and so I went. 594 01:02:20.200 --> 01:02:23.360 I was never forced to do anything. Never. 595 01:02:29.440 --> 01:02:32.880 For many people, they'll look less at what he did on the pitch 596 01:02:32.960 --> 01:02:35.720 and more at what he did off it. 597 01:02:37.200 --> 01:02:40.560 Off the pitch, he's characterized by his political neutrality. 598 01:02:42.880 --> 01:02:46.560 At that moment in history, it's going to count against him. 599 01:02:51.200 --> 01:02:54.200 I love Pelé, but that won't stop me criticizing him. 600 01:02:55.280 --> 01:02:59.040 I thought his behavior was that of a Black person who only said, "Yes, sir." 601 01:02:59.120 --> 01:03:02.760 A Black person who is submissive, accepts everything 602 01:03:02.840 --> 01:03:06.320 and doesn't answer back, question or judge. 603 01:03:07.480 --> 01:03:10.480 It's one of the criticisms I hold against him to this day 604 01:03:11.560 --> 01:03:18.320 because one single statement from Pelé would go a long way in Brazil. 605 01:03:23.480 --> 01:03:26.560 Being who he was, he couldn't… 606 01:03:27.520 --> 01:03:32.000 just turn his back on the President. 607 01:03:32.080 --> 01:03:35.600 But then you could tell me that Muhammad Ali was different. 608 01:03:37.360 --> 01:03:39.080 Indeed, he was. 609 01:03:39.720 --> 01:03:41.400 And I applaud him for it. 610 01:03:57.440 --> 01:03:59.200 Muhammad Ali knew 611 01:03:59.280 --> 01:04:01.880 that he would be arrested for refusing the draft, 612 01:04:01.960 --> 01:04:04.720 but he ran no risk of being mistreated 613 01:04:05.480 --> 01:04:06.800 or tortured. 614 01:04:09.680 --> 01:04:11.480 Pelé had no assurance of that. 615 01:04:14.920 --> 01:04:16.560 A dictatorship is a dictatorship. 616 01:04:16.640 --> 01:04:20.640 Only those who've lived it know how it hurts. 617 01:04:27.720 --> 01:04:31.320 I don't think I could have done anything different. 618 01:04:31.800 --> 01:04:32.640 Why? 619 01:04:33.480 --> 01:04:36.160 "What were you doing during the dictatorship?" 620 01:04:36.240 --> 01:04:37.640 "Which side were you on?" 621 01:04:38.720 --> 01:04:41.800 You get lost in these things. 622 01:04:42.480 --> 01:04:45.840 I'm Brazilian. I want what's best for my people. 623 01:04:48.360 --> 01:04:51.920 I was no superman, no miracle man. 624 01:04:52.680 --> 01:04:54.200 I was just a normal person 625 01:04:54.280 --> 01:04:57.360 to whom God granted the gift of being a footballer. 626 01:04:58.960 --> 01:05:02.040 But I'm totally convinced 627 01:05:02.120 --> 01:05:05.720 that I helped Brazil a lot more with my football, 628 01:05:06.640 --> 01:05:08.800 with my way of being, 629 01:05:08.880 --> 01:05:12.360 than the politicians whose job it was to do this very thing. 630 01:05:27.720 --> 01:05:33.960 TERESÓPOLIS WELCOMES OUR GOLDEN NATIONAL TEAM 631 01:05:34.040 --> 01:05:37.200 COME ON, GOLDEN TEAM 632 01:05:37.280 --> 01:05:41.480 It was a period where the dictatorship in Brazil was at its most extreme. 633 01:05:43.960 --> 01:05:50.720 It was the peak of repression, censorship, and restriction of speech. 634 01:05:52.800 --> 01:05:57.040 Amongst it all, there lay an oasis 635 01:05:57.680 --> 01:06:00.160 of beauty and hope, 636 01:06:00.240 --> 01:06:04.360 of positive and stimulating emotion, 637 01:06:04.440 --> 01:06:06.400 which was the 1970 World Cup. 638 01:06:12.680 --> 01:06:16.440 Since the fiasco of the 1966 World Cup in England, 639 01:06:16.520 --> 01:06:18.200 the national team was in turmoil. 640 01:06:20.800 --> 01:06:23.880 Winning the World Cup became 641 01:06:25.360 --> 01:06:26.920 a government issue. 642 01:06:29.760 --> 01:06:32.360 The technical staff 643 01:06:32.440 --> 01:06:35.000 was almost entirely made up of military personnel. 644 01:06:40.680 --> 01:06:44.120 A number of fascist slogans were created. 645 01:06:44.200 --> 01:06:45.960 "Brazil, love it or leave it." 646 01:06:46.480 --> 01:06:48.240 "No one can stop this country." 647 01:06:52.680 --> 01:06:58.000 Nationalist euphoria took over in the worst possible way, 648 01:06:58.080 --> 01:06:59.720 encouraged by the dictatorship. 649 01:07:02.280 --> 01:07:04.440 Pelé doesn't like to deal with this subject, 650 01:07:04.520 --> 01:07:08.160 but there were messages from the dictatorship 651 01:07:08.240 --> 01:07:10.440 saying he'd better play at the World Cup. 652 01:07:14.800 --> 01:07:18.640 For the President, that became 653 01:07:18.720 --> 01:07:22.040 something of personal importance. 654 01:07:22.120 --> 01:07:22.960 Why? 655 01:07:23.040 --> 01:07:25.400 Because if the people are happy, 656 01:07:26.480 --> 01:07:28.640 then the government is also happy. 657 01:07:30.520 --> 01:07:33.600 Did you feel pressure from the government to come back? 658 01:07:34.680 --> 01:07:35.760 Always. 659 01:07:35.840 --> 01:07:41.720 I'd always get offers to go and speak to politicians and people in power. 660 01:07:42.240 --> 01:07:47.280 There were always people wanting me to come back. 661 01:07:58.600 --> 01:08:00.320 I was torn. 662 01:08:00.400 --> 01:08:03.240 I didn't want to play in the '70 World Cup. 663 01:08:09.120 --> 01:08:12.680 I didn't want to go through what I went through in England. 664 01:08:16.800 --> 01:08:18.120 I was in doubt. 665 01:08:18.200 --> 01:08:21.280 I was worried, but also I missed it. 666 01:08:27.400 --> 01:08:29.000 I just wanted to be remembered. 667 01:08:32.680 --> 01:08:34.600 But this is it. 668 01:08:37.280 --> 01:08:38.960 This is my last World Cup. 669 01:08:43.920 --> 01:08:46.880 King, are you ever coming back? 670 01:08:58.640 --> 01:09:00.320 But if I sit here and say, 671 01:09:00.400 --> 01:09:05.080 "I came back for the 1970 World Cup because of the Brazilian people," 672 01:09:05.160 --> 01:09:08.320 I'd be lying. 673 01:09:09.000 --> 01:09:11.600 I came back for me. 674 01:10:09.000 --> 01:10:11.720 What was Saldanha like? 675 01:10:15.120 --> 01:10:16.920 The guy was crazy! 676 01:10:17.000 --> 01:10:19.080 But he was a damn good guy. 677 01:10:19.160 --> 01:10:20.880 He was also demanding. 678 01:10:20.960 --> 01:10:24.720 He didn't care if you were Pelé, the King of football, 679 01:10:24.800 --> 01:10:28.360 he made the same demands of everyone. 680 01:10:30.520 --> 01:10:32.200 A good thing about him 681 01:10:32.280 --> 01:10:35.200 was that he wasn't a coward, he didn't fear anything. 682 01:10:35.280 --> 01:10:39.960 It's just that sometimes he'd say things 683 01:10:40.040 --> 01:10:41.520 that weren't necessary. 684 01:10:41.600 --> 01:10:44.640 But he wanted to be the big man. 685 01:10:44.720 --> 01:10:47.040 So personally, 686 01:10:47.120 --> 01:10:50.880 if you were to ask me if he understood football, 687 01:10:50.960 --> 01:10:53.480 then I'd say no, he didn't. 688 01:10:54.720 --> 01:10:57.400 "João, what about if we do this, this, and this?" 689 01:10:57.480 --> 01:10:59.920 And he'd be like, "But I'm the coach, I'm in charge." 690 01:11:00.000 --> 01:11:02.040 And we'd reply, "Sure, let's chat." 691 01:11:02.120 --> 01:11:06.560 Because he made a lot of decisions 692 01:11:07.080 --> 01:11:09.520 that we could see weren't going to go right. 693 01:11:10.040 --> 01:11:13.560 Pelé, Saldanha has shown us his plans, 694 01:11:13.640 --> 01:11:16.160 and you're playing as a striker. 695 01:11:16.240 --> 01:11:18.880 You don't enjoy playing there, do you? 696 01:11:18.960 --> 01:11:21.160 No, it's not that I don't like playing there, 697 01:11:21.640 --> 01:11:24.560 but in my current condition, 698 01:11:24.640 --> 01:11:27.600 I can play deeper. 699 01:11:28.280 --> 01:11:35.200 I've been playing deeper for 15 years, 700 01:11:35.280 --> 01:11:40.240 and to ask me to change how I play from one moment to the next 701 01:11:40.320 --> 01:11:41.560 just isn't possible. 702 01:11:48.120 --> 01:11:50.040 There was something going on there. 703 01:11:52.480 --> 01:11:56.680 Saldanha had his run-ins with Pelé during training. 704 01:12:00.080 --> 01:12:01.560 They just didn't get along. 705 01:12:04.680 --> 01:12:07.520 Given that João Saldanha liked showing off, 706 01:12:07.600 --> 01:12:10.080 he gave an interview to a journalist 707 01:12:10.160 --> 01:12:12.120 saying he was very concerned 708 01:12:13.640 --> 01:12:15.720 because I'd undergone an eye exam, 709 01:12:15.800 --> 01:12:19.120 and he thought I couldn't see properly. 710 01:12:22.960 --> 01:12:27.040 João Saldanha was someone who was very particular and unpredictable. 711 01:12:28.080 --> 01:12:31.040 I say that with affection because he was a very good friend of mine. 712 01:12:31.120 --> 01:12:34.120 He also liked a good lie. 713 01:12:36.160 --> 01:12:41.760 But I honestly can't explain why he made up the story 714 01:12:41.840 --> 01:12:44.640 that Pelé was short-sighted and couldn't play. 715 01:12:47.480 --> 01:12:49.240 Saldanha said he was blind. 716 01:12:50.880 --> 01:12:54.360 He knew how to needle. 717 01:12:54.440 --> 01:12:56.600 He said, "He's no good." 718 01:12:56.680 --> 01:12:59.680 "He's blind. He can't see." Fuck! 719 01:12:59.760 --> 01:13:01.160 Pelé was fuming. 720 01:13:02.360 --> 01:13:05.080 "Pelé has issues with his eyesight." 721 01:13:05.720 --> 01:13:10.720 That information came from the coach, João Saldanha. 722 01:13:11.200 --> 01:13:13.360 How did you react to this? 723 01:13:14.160 --> 01:13:18.480 I thought it was nasty, 724 01:13:18.560 --> 01:13:22.720 but he clearly wanted to lash out at someone. 725 01:13:22.800 --> 01:13:24.840 And it worked for him because it created a real storm. 726 01:13:56.920 --> 01:13:59.160 You have the best player of all time 727 01:13:59.720 --> 01:14:02.200 and you want to leave him on the bench? 728 01:14:04.840 --> 01:14:08.840 "Pelé's not playing well, he's terrible…" 729 01:14:08.920 --> 01:14:10.920 It doesn't matter, he's got to play! 730 01:14:11.480 --> 01:14:14.400 So there were fights and arguments, 731 01:14:15.240 --> 01:14:18.760 and a movement to oust Saldanha from the national team was born. 732 01:14:19.240 --> 01:14:21.160 When the Brazilian FA offered me the job, 733 01:14:21.240 --> 01:14:24.240 many people said they'd rather have someone else. 734 01:14:24.320 --> 01:14:26.640 I call this the right to have an opinion. 735 01:14:26.720 --> 01:14:27.960 I'm not a child 736 01:14:28.480 --> 01:14:30.080 and I won't resign. 737 01:14:30.560 --> 01:14:32.760 The government pulled some strings 738 01:14:33.760 --> 01:14:36.280 not only to get Pelé on the pitch, 739 01:14:37.320 --> 01:14:38.960 but we interfered in football. 740 01:14:40.240 --> 01:14:44.200 The President and I have a lot in common. 741 01:14:45.600 --> 01:14:48.200 We're both from the South, we support the same club, 742 01:14:49.160 --> 01:14:50.720 and we like football. 743 01:14:52.040 --> 01:14:56.000 But I don't choose his ministers, and the President doesn't pick my team. 744 01:14:56.080 --> 01:14:58.600 That way we understand each other well. 745 01:14:58.680 --> 01:15:01.880 When we watched that interview we were like, 746 01:15:01.960 --> 01:15:04.640 "Wow! The shit's going to hit the fan!" 747 01:15:04.720 --> 01:15:05.880 It was inevitable… 748 01:15:06.840 --> 01:15:08.240 They sacked Saldanha. 749 01:15:26.880 --> 01:15:31.520 I took over the reins with two months to go. 750 01:15:34.280 --> 01:15:39.000 Pelé said that he was upset 751 01:15:41.160 --> 01:15:43.920 because of what was coming out in the papers, 752 01:15:44.000 --> 01:15:47.640 with Saldanha saying he was blind. 753 01:15:49.520 --> 01:15:52.080 He wanted to answer his critics. 754 01:15:56.800 --> 01:16:00.480 During training, Zagallo came up to me and said, 755 01:16:00.560 --> 01:16:02.040 "Pelé, what's going on?" 756 01:16:02.800 --> 01:16:07.880 "You're not getting stuck in, you're not yourself." 757 01:16:08.920 --> 01:16:10.920 He was right. 758 01:16:14.560 --> 01:16:17.000 I was concerned for myself. 759 01:16:18.520 --> 01:16:20.760 I wanted to be in good physical shape. 760 01:16:24.960 --> 01:16:26.680 In our first training session, 761 01:16:26.760 --> 01:16:29.680 he put a hand on my shoulder 762 01:16:30.440 --> 01:16:31.760 and said, "Zagallo, 763 01:16:33.080 --> 01:16:35.520 don't mess me about." 764 01:16:37.840 --> 01:16:39.320 I said to him, 765 01:16:40.240 --> 01:16:41.920 "You're unique." 766 01:16:42.520 --> 01:16:45.080 "I'll never leave you out." 767 01:16:47.160 --> 01:16:50.960 "You can help me win the World Cup." 768 01:18:23.720 --> 01:18:26.360 I can happily talk about Pelé's mood 769 01:18:26.440 --> 01:18:30.560 as I was lucky enough to play with him in '58 and '62. 770 01:18:30.640 --> 01:18:32.280 And now as coach, 771 01:18:32.360 --> 01:18:35.200 I feel that Pelé is the same boy 772 01:18:35.280 --> 01:18:39.160 that helped us win both those World Cups. 773 01:18:53.280 --> 01:18:55.000 Pelé's form has dipped to a level 774 01:18:55.080 --> 01:18:57.880 where you can mark him differently 775 01:18:57.960 --> 01:19:00.560 because he's no longer the Pelé of old. 776 01:19:05.280 --> 01:19:09.800 Oh my God! 777 01:19:22.080 --> 01:19:24.280 We left Brazil totally discredited. 778 01:19:26.320 --> 01:19:28.720 Brazilians didn't believe in that team 779 01:19:28.800 --> 01:19:31.120 and thought we wouldn't get past the group stage. 780 01:20:07.720 --> 01:20:08.920 That was when 781 01:20:09.760 --> 01:20:12.680 he began enjoying himself again. 782 01:20:31.560 --> 01:20:33.880 His intelligence, his confidence… 783 01:20:34.600 --> 01:20:35.640 It was a spectacle. 784 01:20:48.400 --> 01:20:51.480 Pelé is the author of the most incredible non-goals 785 01:20:51.560 --> 01:20:53.200 in the history of football. 786 01:20:53.280 --> 01:20:55.480 Today a lot of people score from the halfway line. 787 01:20:55.560 --> 01:20:57.360 But he was the first to try it. 788 01:20:58.000 --> 01:20:59.400 And in a World Cup. 789 01:21:00.960 --> 01:21:04.320 He got something out of his system. 790 01:21:04.880 --> 01:21:06.840 "The King is here. I'm the damn King." 791 01:21:33.560 --> 01:21:35.680 They played well. Wow! 792 01:21:37.120 --> 01:21:38.480 But that was just one game. 793 01:21:39.360 --> 01:21:41.600 You need to keep winning in a World Cup. 794 01:21:42.800 --> 01:21:45.040 I think England 795 01:21:45.560 --> 01:21:47.640 are the big favorites. 796 01:21:47.720 --> 01:21:50.880 England are the holders, 797 01:21:51.400 --> 01:21:53.640 so they have to be favorites. 798 01:21:53.720 --> 01:21:55.880 But Brazil will give it everything. 799 01:22:10.160 --> 01:22:13.800 We knew it was going to be a difficult match against England. 800 01:22:15.640 --> 01:22:19.680 We studied how they played and the way they defended. 801 01:22:21.120 --> 01:22:25.520 Everyone said the same thing, whoever won that match 802 01:22:25.600 --> 01:22:27.120 could go all the way. 803 01:23:43.960 --> 01:23:45.400 Pelé controlled it. 804 01:23:45.480 --> 01:23:48.840 He was surrounded by the entire defense, who blocked his way. 805 01:23:48.920 --> 01:23:50.720 But I was coming up on the outside. 806 01:23:51.680 --> 01:23:54.120 He'd already seen me a million years ago. 807 01:24:03.200 --> 01:24:06.720 It was the biggest celebration of my entire career! 808 01:24:15.440 --> 01:24:16.840 1-0 to Brazil. 809 01:24:30.480 --> 01:24:34.080 It was spectacular and beautiful, like a game of chess. 810 01:24:35.240 --> 01:24:37.920 And we won. Fuck, that was great. 811 01:24:38.960 --> 01:24:40.400 We became even stronger. 812 01:24:54.480 --> 01:24:57.760 1970 was a blessing. 813 01:24:58.320 --> 01:25:03.440 The brotherhood in that team was impressive. 814 01:25:03.520 --> 01:25:07.920 The messing around between the players, you didn't see that every day. 815 01:25:40.480 --> 01:25:43.560 We were representing our country. 816 01:25:43.640 --> 01:25:46.240 It wasn't just for us, but for all Brazilians. 817 01:25:47.040 --> 01:25:49.280 Every victory was for the Brazilian people, 818 01:25:49.360 --> 01:25:50.640 that's how we felt. 819 01:25:56.400 --> 01:25:59.400 I covered the 1970 World Cup, and let me make it very clear 820 01:25:59.480 --> 01:26:03.080 that I was against the dictatorship. I went there to cheer against my country. 821 01:26:04.360 --> 01:26:06.720 We imagined that if Brazil won the World Cup 822 01:26:07.240 --> 01:26:11.000 it would bolster the dictatorship, and none of us wanted that. 823 01:26:14.120 --> 01:26:16.880 But when it comes to football, the heart rules the head. 824 01:26:17.480 --> 01:26:20.400 You forget your principles once the ball starts rolling. 825 01:26:21.960 --> 01:26:25.120 Once we were there, it was impossible not to get behind our team. 826 01:26:56.400 --> 01:27:01.120 We were a game away from the World Cup Final. 827 01:27:02.920 --> 01:27:07.280 But the whole of Brazil was in panic. 828 01:27:09.320 --> 01:27:11.880 "Yes, we're doing well, Pelé's playing great… 829 01:27:11.960 --> 01:27:14.120 but it's Uruguay." 830 01:27:14.720 --> 01:27:16.880 "It's Uruguay, and we know how that always goes." 831 01:27:29.400 --> 01:27:32.320 We can't forget that in the 1950 World Cup Final, 832 01:27:32.400 --> 01:27:34.400 staged in Rio de Janeiro, 833 01:27:34.480 --> 01:27:37.920 it was Uruguay who defeated favorites Brazil 834 01:27:38.000 --> 01:27:40.480 to become world champions. 835 01:27:45.600 --> 01:27:49.640 Football is unpredictable, 836 01:27:49.720 --> 01:27:53.120 but could the same thing happen again 20 years later? 837 01:28:04.800 --> 01:28:09.520 One of the things I did before going to bed was to pray. 838 01:28:10.400 --> 01:28:14.800 I said, "Will tomorrow go well?" 839 01:28:18.880 --> 01:28:23.160 These psychological aspects can really affect you. 840 01:28:53.240 --> 01:28:56.240 You truly lose control. You can't explain it. 841 01:29:35.880 --> 01:29:39.080 We were lucky to equalize and make it 1-1. 842 01:29:40.920 --> 01:29:45.960 I made them aware that we'd been dreadful. 843 01:29:47.960 --> 01:29:51.920 "You have to play the way we know, 844 01:29:52.000 --> 01:29:54.360 which isn't what happened in the first half." 845 01:29:56.680 --> 01:29:58.640 "I don't need to say anything else." 846 01:30:05.160 --> 01:30:08.720 You begin to worry and things stop working. 847 01:30:11.320 --> 01:30:15.480 But it's about telling yourself you have to do it. 848 01:30:34.200 --> 01:30:37.360 I have my doubts as to whether there was only one Pelé on the pitch 849 01:30:37.440 --> 01:30:39.800 because it seemed like there were three of him. 850 01:30:41.520 --> 01:30:43.040 It was the return of Superman. 851 01:30:51.400 --> 01:30:53.080 He transformed himself on the pitch, 852 01:30:54.040 --> 01:30:56.880 and winning became non-negotiable for him. 853 01:32:16.680 --> 01:32:19.560 I knew I was ready to play. 854 01:32:23.280 --> 01:32:27.760 But there's always a doubt when playing sport. 855 01:32:30.240 --> 01:32:32.880 Even the best in the world gets nervous from time to time, right? 856 01:32:32.960 --> 01:32:35.080 Not from time to time, but all of the time. 857 01:32:46.160 --> 01:32:48.480 When we were just about to arrive at the stadium, 858 01:32:48.560 --> 01:32:50.760 and I looked out of the window 859 01:32:50.840 --> 01:32:54.120 and saw all the fans with Brazil flags, 860 01:32:54.200 --> 01:32:56.520 shouting, "Brazil! Pelé!", 861 01:32:56.600 --> 01:32:59.880 it made me burst into tears. 862 01:33:02.920 --> 01:33:05.760 I wanted to stop crying, but I couldn't. 863 01:33:09.080 --> 01:33:11.160 I was the oldest player, 864 01:33:11.240 --> 01:33:14.600 and I didn't want the other players to think, "Why is he crying?" 865 01:33:18.080 --> 01:33:21.920 It was emotional, an outpouring. 866 01:33:24.760 --> 01:33:28.440 "God, this is my last World Cup, help me in my last World Cup." 867 01:33:28.520 --> 01:33:31.240 "I want your help in my last World Cup." 868 01:33:51.080 --> 01:33:52.360 I'm sorry… 869 01:34:00.480 --> 01:34:02.920 I just couldn't hold it in. 870 01:34:28.840 --> 01:34:30.920 The stadium is completely full. 871 01:34:31.640 --> 01:34:35.160 It's the biggest occasion in sport. 872 01:34:36.240 --> 01:34:40.760 We are here and can only imagine your expectations back home in Brazil. 873 01:34:40.840 --> 01:34:44.440 What will the score be? 874 01:34:57.880 --> 01:35:01.000 I wasn't concerned about scoring or playing well against Italy. 875 01:35:01.080 --> 01:35:04.360 I just wanted us to win. 876 01:35:06.080 --> 01:35:08.160 I just needed to come out the other side. 877 01:35:52.520 --> 01:35:54.160 He needed 1970. 878 01:35:56.040 --> 01:35:59.160 He needed the header he scored against Italy. 879 01:36:01.200 --> 01:36:03.600 He needed to punch the air. 880 01:36:44.920 --> 01:36:49.840 Carlos Alberto crosses… Pelé slides in! 881 01:36:49.920 --> 01:36:53.560 He was only a fraction of a second late! 882 01:36:54.280 --> 01:36:56.040 It has nothing to do with fear, 883 01:36:56.120 --> 01:36:58.880 but everything to do with responsibility. 884 01:37:00.160 --> 01:37:03.760 You start putting this weight of responsibility on your shoulders, 885 01:37:04.440 --> 01:37:07.720 and that's when it affects your emotions. 886 01:37:11.640 --> 01:37:13.760 The ball comes to Jairzinho… 887 01:37:13.840 --> 01:37:16.840 he finds Gérson, who moves it on to his left foot and shoots… 888 01:37:38.360 --> 01:37:40.480 He was always encouraging us 889 01:37:41.560 --> 01:37:42.920 and gave us this belief 890 01:37:43.000 --> 01:37:47.160 that we could be great like he was. 891 01:37:57.240 --> 01:37:59.160 Brazil score! 892 01:37:59.240 --> 01:38:04.960 Jairzinho scores Brazil's third! 893 01:38:05.040 --> 01:38:07.680 Brazil have the World Cup in their sights! 894 01:38:51.440 --> 01:38:53.040 It was just relief. 895 01:39:04.800 --> 01:39:08.840 I think the biggest gift you receive in victory isn't the trophy. 896 01:39:11.440 --> 01:39:12.840 It's the relief. 897 01:39:31.600 --> 01:39:35.520 He gave three cries in the dressing room that still give me goosebumps today. 898 01:39:36.000 --> 01:39:39.520 “I didn’t die, I didn’t die, I didn’t die.” 899 01:39:55.440 --> 01:39:57.240 What more could Pelé ask for? 900 01:39:57.920 --> 01:39:59.360 Pelé was everything. 901 01:40:01.880 --> 01:40:04.360 He was everything you could imagine. 902 01:40:22.960 --> 01:40:26.640 It was the victory he wanted to leave as his legacy. 903 01:40:31.640 --> 01:40:34.400 He accomplished what he set out to do, 904 01:40:34.480 --> 01:40:36.120 and thank God he did it. 905 01:40:47.120 --> 01:40:50.400 Pelé managed to solder his success with Brazil's success. 906 01:40:52.200 --> 01:40:55.200 It was as if he was at war with a Brazilian flag in his hand. 907 01:40:59.040 --> 01:41:01.160 His legend is our legend. 908 01:41:07.480 --> 01:41:12.080 The 1970 World Cup was the best time of my life, 909 01:41:12.160 --> 01:41:15.280 but it was more important for the country 910 01:41:16.600 --> 01:41:21.520 because if Brazil had lost in '70, everything could have become worse. 911 01:41:23.720 --> 01:41:27.640 The whole country could take a breath when we became champions. 912 01:41:32.840 --> 01:41:36.360 1970 definitely did more for Brazil than it did for football. 913 01:41:37.480 --> 01:41:38.720 Without a doubt. 914 01:42:00.240 --> 01:42:03.840 Obviously, the dictatorship exploited that victory. 915 01:42:09.920 --> 01:42:13.560 But the Brazilian people never attributed that World Cup win 916 01:42:14.120 --> 01:42:19.160 to our murderous dictator, General Médici. 917 01:42:21.560 --> 01:42:24.720 You only need to see how history remembers that win. 918 01:42:25.400 --> 01:42:27.000 It doesn't belong to Médici. 919 01:42:29.960 --> 01:42:31.320 It belongs to Pelé. 920 01:43:18.840 --> 01:43:22.280 Thousands of white scarves bidding farewell to Pelé 921 01:43:22.360 --> 01:43:24.960 on his last game for Brazil. 922 01:43:32.000 --> 01:43:35.440 LONG LIVE THE KING 923 01:43:42.600 --> 01:43:47.240 He's enchanted fans who say his name in every language. 924 01:43:47.320 --> 01:43:50.040 Pelly, Peely, Pelé, Pelé. 925 01:43:50.560 --> 01:43:55.240 Whatever the language, it means the greatest Brazilian player of all time.