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02/25 14:34 CST Pel's 1966 World Cup jacket draws new fans after Bad Bunny
wears it at concerts in Brazil
Pel's 1966 World Cup jacket draws new fans after Bad Bunny wears it at
concerts in Brazil
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and THIAGO MOSTAZO
Associated Press
SAO PAULO (AP) --- A jacket worn by football legend Pel in the 1966 World Cup
has become a hit among fans of pop singer Bad Bunny since he borrowed it from a
collector's sports merchandise store and used it in his recent concerts in Sao
Paulo, in his first performances on Brazilian soil.
Bad Bunny's tribute to the three-time World Cup winner, who died in 2022 at age
82, also included a change in the lyrics of the song MONACO, sung by the Puerto
Rican artist as "scoring a goal after Pel and Maradona" instead of "Messi and
Maradona."
Cssio Brandao, the owner of the Alambrado Futebol e Cultura store, seeks
historical soccer memorabilia and jerseys and has more than 7,000 of them. He
owns 115 items that belonged to Pel and was involved in Bad Bunny's choice for
the jacket.
"He took very good care of the piece. It came back only with sweat, wet with
sweat, but it was perfect, in the same condition. They were very careful. It
returned in the same suitcase," Brandao said.
Pel's official Instagram later thanked the singer for the tribute, adding that
when someone like Bad Bunny honors "the King on Brazilian soil, it means the
crown is still shining."
"I think that today, when I see Bad Bunny doing this, it warms my heart to
imagine that many kids across Brazil and around the world are going on YouTube
trying to learn more about Pel, watching his goals and better understanding
the magnitude and greatness of this figure, who is the greatest football player
in history and, to me, the greatest Brazilian who has ever lived," Brandao said.
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