Following Pele’s passing at age 82, the Premier League will honour him by having players wear black armbands and observe a minute of applause on the last day of 2022
Over the weekend, English football is paying tribute to Pele.
Players wore black armbands starting with Liverpool’s Premier League game against Leicester at home and West Ham’s game against Brentford. There was also a minute of applause. The same tributes will be made during the weekend’s remaining top-flight games.
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In addition, the EFL has declared that players to wear black armbands during all the games over the weekend, as well as those on January 1 and January 2 and that there will be another minute of applause.
The terrible death of the greatest player in history due to cancer-related multiple organ failure was made public on Thursday night. The only player in football history to win three World Cups with Brazil between 1958 and 1970 was Pele, commonly known as “The King.” His remarkable total of 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, including friendly games, has been recognised as a Guinness World Record.
Fulham to pay special tribute.
While everything is going on, Fulham, who plays Southampton in the Premier League tomorrow, will pay tribute to both Pele and their former player and England World Cup star George Cohen, who passed away last week at the age of 83.
Tom Cairney, the Fulham captain, said about Cohen: “He was an icon. He attended many of our games, and as I mentioned, I got to speak with him frequently.”
The Italian Football Federation made a similar declaration (FIGC).
“The FIGC has organised a minute’s silence to remember Pele on the occasion of all the friendly matches scheduled for today, Friday, December 30, and on the sixteenth day of the Serie A on Wednesday, January 4,” it stated in a statement.
Pele, the three-time World Cup champion and largely regarded as the greatest player of all time, passed away on Thursday after a protracted battle with cancer. On Friday, Brazil’s three-day national mourning period began.
After “O Rei” (The King) passed away, tributes pour into the legend who both improved and transcended football began to pour in from all over the world.