The king is dead, long live the king. The sentence has never taken on its full meaning as much as it has for a few hours. Indeed, this Thursday, December 29, the football planet mourned the death of one of the greatest of his sport in the person of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, says Pelé. The Brazilian star passed away at the age of 82 from colon cancer. Very weakened for several years, his relatives knew that the year 2022 was going to be very complicated to end for the ex-best player in the world…
Since the announcement of his death, the greatest footballers, and ex-footballers, have spoken on social networks to pay tribute to him and thank him for everything he has brought to the field. Starting with Neymar, of whom Pelé was one of his idols. The PSG striker sent him a wonderful message. “Before Pelé, football was just a sport. Pelé changed everything, he made football an art, an entertainment. He gave a voice to the poor, to black women, and above all: he gave visibility to Brazil”he wrote with a heavy heart.
Kylian Mbappé pays tribute to Pelé and… is being threatened?
In addition to Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi, and even the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, sent a few thoughts to this man who has done so much for football. Kylian Mbappé also did not forget to say goodbye to him by posting a nostalgic snapshot, when he had the chance to meet the “King”, and to thank him in turn: “The King of Football has left us, but his legacy will never be forgotten, rest in peace King”.
A message that did not fail to react on the Web. In particular because of a response to the French genius, quite ambiguous, which left room for a funny misunderstanding as raised by the twittos Arkunir. He posted a screenshot of Kylian Mbappé’s message, in which we could see a response addressed to the Parisian player. “You’re Next” let him know a surfer who, by his words, wanted to tell him that he would be “the next king of football”. But given the situation, some were quick to think he meant by his response that he would be “next to die”… A misunderstanding that made some laugh, and made others uncomfortable.
The misunderstanding of OUF ptdrrrhzhez pic.twitter.com/eVKfjRSezk
— Arkunir (@Arkunir) December 29, 2022
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