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‘A lack of respect’: Brazil footballers fail to show up to Pelé’s funeral

‘A lack of respect’: Brazil footballers fail to show up to Pelé’s funeral

Few of the country’s previous World Cup winners traveled to pay homage to the football legend

Some of Brazil’s best-known footballers have faced a furious backlash as fans and pundits questioned why they had failed to attend ceremonies bidding farewell to Pelé.

Hundreds of thousands of people waited for hours under a burning sun on Monday to file past the recently deceased soccer legend’s coffin at Santos’ Vila Belmiro ground.

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