- Title: WATCH Young Santos fans chanting for Pele during his wake
- Date: 3rd January 2023
- Summary: SANTOS, BRAZIL (DECEMBER 3, 2023) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) SANTOS SOCCER CLUB 'TORCIDA JOVEM' (YOUTH FAN CLUB) ARRIVING TO STADIUM FAN CLUB FLAGS WAVING TORCIDA JOVEM MEMBERS CHEERING PELE IN COFFIN VARIOUS OF FAN CLUB MEMBERS CHEERING/CHANTING VARIOUS OF TORCIDA JOVEM FLAGS WITH IMAGE OF YOUNG PELE VARIOUS OF FAN CLUB MEMBERS TORCIDA JOVEM FAN CLUB MEMBERS EXITING STADIUM TORCIDA JOVEM MEMBER KISSING GRASS ON PITCH FANS QUEUING TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO PELE VARIOUS OF FANS CRYING IN QUEUE AFTER SEEING PELE FANS AT WAKE BRAZILIAN SOCCER PLAYER JOSE FERREIRA NETO KISSING PELE ON FOREHEAD NETO LEAVING
- Embargoed: 17th January 2023 07:47
- Keywords: Pele Santos cheer soccer wake
- Location: SANTOS, BRAZIL
- City: SANTOS, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: South America / Central America,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001003203012023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A youth soccer fan club cheered and chanted in admiration for Pele as they arrived in the early hours of Tuesday (3 January) at the Vila Belmiro stadium in the Brazilian city of Santos.
Santos F.C.'s Torcida Jovem - Young Fans in Portuguese - cheered, waved flags and lit red flares next to Pele's coffin to pay their respects to the soccer icon.
Former Brazilian soccer player Jose Ferreira Neto also attended the stadium early on Tuesday to bid his farewell. Neto kissed Pele on the forehead before leaving.
The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which the sporting giant turned into a byword for soccer brilliance during a glittering club career, is set to bid goodbye to its hero with a 24-hour wake that began on Monday (January 2).
Later on Tuesday, a procession carrying his coffin will pass through the streets of Santos, ending at the Ecumenical Memorial Necropolis cemetery, where he will be buried in a private ceremony.
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