MADRID, 29 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), José Manuel Franco, expressed his sorrow for the death of Pelé and his admiration for the Brazilian soccer myth, “a universal icon of sport.”
“The idol who taught us to love football. The figure that inspired thousands of people, in all corners of the world. A universal icon of sport,” Franco said in statements provided to Europa Press, shortly after the news of his death. of a Pelé who had been admitted to a hospital in Sao Paulo for a month.
The three-time world champion died this Thursday from complications of colon cancer he had suffered since last year. “Today the myth is born. The legend of the god of ‘soccer’ is born. Thank you, Pelé,” Franco concluded.