The death of Brazilian football legend Pelé, who became world champion three times, dominated the front pages of newspapers around the world. The Spanish sports newspaper Marca filled its entire front page with his name and wrote: “Four letters have never been so big before.” Despite Lionel Messi’s world title, Daily Mirror says goodbye to Pelé with: “The greatest”. And also Daily Star titles: “The real GOAT”, the real greatest of all time.
Michael Van Damme
Pelé’s nickname, “O Rei”, “The King”, inspired many newspapers. The Spanish sports newspapers AS and Marca came out original, so Marca by having Pelé’s name occupy the entire front page, AS with Pelé’s photo portrait by Annie Leibovitz.
The portrait photographer photographed his (drawn) feet as pars pro toto. “The feet are a testament to Pele’s suffering in the quest for greatness,” Leibovitz wrote of the statue.
One of the most important Brazilian newspapers O Globo printed no less than four different editions with different covers, each of highlights of Pelé’s career with the title: “Pelé Eterno”, “Pelé, for eternity”.
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The French newspaper Libération says goodbye with a play on words: “Seleciao”. The nickname of the Brazilian national football team “Seleção”.
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For Daily Mirror and Daily Star, Pelé remains the greatest, for Messi and Maradona:
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The Italian Gazzetta dello Sport and the French sports newspaper L’Equipe share the same title. “Once upon a time there was a king”. This is how it looks in French:
And so in Italian:
