UNITED KINGDOM: FORMER WORLD SOCCER STAR 'PELE' TALKS ABOUT FORTHCOMING WORLD CUP IN FRANCE

Record ID: 988227

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: FORMER WORLD SOCCER STAR 'PELE' TALKS ABOUT FORTHCOMING WORLD CUP IN FRANCE
  • Date: 10th April 1998
  • Summary: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (APRIL 10, 1998) (SKY TELEVISION - NO ACCESS UK) 1. PELE GOES INTO PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM 2. PELE (TALKING ABOUT THE FAVOURITES FOR THE WORLD CUP) SAYS: "EVERY WORLD CUP IN THE PAST, I USED TO PICK TWO TEAMS. BUT THIS WORLD CUP I DON'T HAVE COURAGE TO DO IT. WE HAVE FRANCE FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ALWAYS STAY THERE BUT NEVER COME TO THE FINAL" (ENGLISH) 3. CUTAWAY CAMERAMEN 4. PELE TALKING ABOUT BRAZIL SAYS: "I BELIEVE BRAZIL IS A STRONG TEAM NOW. WE HAVE A LITTLE PPOBLEM, IN MY VIEW, (BRAZILIAN MANAGER) ZAGALLO AND NOT MYSELF: HOW TO SET UP THE TEAM AND PLAY TOGETHER AS A TEAM. BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GAMES, WE MAKE A LOT OF TESTS, BUT EVERY GAME THEY HAVE TO CHANGE FOUR OR FIVE PLAYERS. THAT I THINK WAS THE BIG PROBLEM WITH BRAZIL. AS INDIVIDUALS, BRAZIL WILL NO DOUBT BE THE BEST, BUT AS A TEAM THEY MAYBE WE HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM (ENGLISH) 5. PELE'S OLD BRAZILIAN SHIRT AND ANOTHER ONE (GREEN) FROM WHEN HE PLAYED FOR NEW YORK COSMOS IN GLASS CASE TOGEHTER WITH THE OLD WORLD CUP TROPHY (JULES RIMET) 6. PELE TALKING ABOUT THE ENGLISH TEAM SAYS: "THE BIG SURPRISE FOR US, FOR THE BRAZILIANS, IS OF COURSE MICHAEL OWEN. HE'S A YOUNG PLAYER WHO IS BECOMING KNOWN NOW. WHEN HE APPEARED LASY YEAR HE WAS 17 ... AND MAYBE HE WOULD BE THE YOUNGEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD CUP, I THINK HE'LL BE ONE OF THE BIG NAMES" (ENGLISH) NEWCASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM (JANUARY 7, 1998) (CSI - NO ACCESS UK, NO ACCESS ANY SYNDICATED NEWS OR SPORTS PROGRAMMES. NO ACCESS TO TRANS-NATIONAL BROADCASTERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TRANS-WORLD SPORT, GILLETTE WORLD SPORT SPECIAL AND FUTBOL MONDIAL) 7. OWEN (18) SCORES FIRST LIVERPOOL GOAL IN 2-0 WIN OVER NEWCASTLE IN COCA COLA CUP QUARTER-FINAL 8. OWEN CELEBRATING MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (APRIL 10, 1998) 9. PELE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFICULT CHOICE FOR THE COUNTRY TO STAGE THE 2006 WORLD CUP SAYS: "AFRICA NEVER HAD THE WORLD CUP AND THEY'RE GONNA FIGHT FOR THAT. AND ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL, WHO STAGED THE WORLD CUP BEFORE ENGLAND IN 1950, I THINK BRAZIL WOULD APPLY FOR THIS WORLD CUP. THEN IT WOULD BE VERY TOUGH" (ENGLISH) 10. STATUE OF PELE INSIDE MANCHESTER UNITED MUSEUM Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
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