- Title: BRAZIL: PELE SCORES HIS THOUSANDTH GOAL
- Date: 21st November 1969
- Summary: PRE-GAME CEREMONIES: BRAZIL KICK OFF: PLAY IN PROGRESS: PELE SHOOTS AND GOALKEEPER SAVES: PELE TAKES PENALTY KICK LEADING TO GOAL: RUNS TOWARDS GOAL: MOBBED BY CROWD. (NATURAL SOUND) ROLL 3A Commemoration for 1000 goal of PELE in field 5 Pele in Canecao - restaurant with show Pele give autographs - etc Pele Dancing with fans. Wildtrack All scene side 1 - game side 2 - Restaurant People in Stadium 68,500 persons Rate ??? $253. 752.25 - US$60.000 Initials KM/VS/PN/BB SPORT: FOOTBALL Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 6th December 1969 13:00
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- Location: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Reuters ID: LVA42FJCU8Q3G4B2AEJIC446JXJI
- Story Text: PELE, THE EBONY IDOL OF BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL, FINALLY SCORED HIS THOUSANDTH GOAL IN A CARNIVAL-STYLE MATCH IN RIO DE JANEIRO ON WEDNESDAY AND SENT MILLIONS OF FANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DELIRIOUS WITH JOY.
HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS SWARMED ONTO THE PITCH AT THE GIANT MARACANA STADIUM WHEN THE "KING" CLIMAXED AN EXTRAORDINARY 12-YEAR CAREER WITH A LOW PENALTY SHOT.
THE REFEREE STOPPED THE MATCH WHILE THE 28-YEAR-OLD PELE, WHOSE REAL NAME IS EDSON ARANTES DO NASCIMENTO -- WAS CARRIED SHOULDER HIGH, CRYING WITH EMOTION, BY HIS ADORING FANS.
THE ELUSIVE 1,000TH GOAL CAME IN THE 78TH MINUTE TO CLINCH THE MATCH 2-1 FOR PELE'S TEAM SANTOS AGAINST THE HOME SIDE VASCO DA GAMA.
EARLIER IT LOOKED AS IF PELE'S MAGIC "MILESIMO" WOULD BE BEATEN BY THE FINAL WHISTLE. IN THE FIRST HALF HE CAME AGONIZINGLY CLOSE WITH THREE CONSECUTIVE SHOTS -- THE FIRST HIT VASCO'S GOALKEEPER ANDRADA, THE SECOND A GOALPOST AND THE THIRD FLEW WIDE OF THE NET.
PELE -- FEVERISHLY MARKED BY THE TOUGH VASCO DEFENCE -- WAS TRIPPED INTO HIS LONG-AWAITED MOMENT OF PERSONAL TRIUMPH A MERE 12 MINUTES FROM THE FINAL WHISTLE WHILE DRIBBLING THE BALL TOWARDS THE HOME TEAM'S GOAL.
THE KICK-OFF IN MARACANA STADIUM, SHRINE OF BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL, WAS DELAYED FOR NEARLY 30 MINUTES BY PRE-MATCH CEREMONIES HONOURING PELE.
THE 75,157 SPECTATORS HUDDLED BEHIND THE VASCO NET IN THE FIRST HALF THEN SHUFFLED AROUND TO THE OTHER GOAL FOR THE SECOND HOPING TO SEE HIM SCORE THE HISTORIC GOAL.
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