FIFA President Gianni Infantino made a pathetic attempt to justify his base behavior at the farewell ceremony for the legendary Pele. Recall that the head of world football arranged a selfie session with smiles right at the coffin of the king of football.
Infantino at Pele's "wonderful" funeralHaving received a quite expected reaction from the football community in response to such savagery, Infantino concocted a text on his page on the social network Instgram, which finally lowered himself to the bottom.
“Just landed from my trip to Brazil, where I had the honor to take part in a wonderful farewell to Pele, which took place in Vila Belmiro, at the Santos Stadium.
I am concerned that some people criticize me for taking photos and selfies at this ceremony. I would like to explain: it was a great honor for me that some of Pele's teammates and his relatives asked me if I could take some photos with them. Of course, I immediately agreed.
If helping comrade Pele is criticized, then I gladly accept it and will continue to help in any way I can to those who contributed to the creation of the legendary pages of football. I respect and admire Pele and yesterday's ceremony so much that I will never do anything that can be disrespectful.
I hope that those who have published or said something about this will have the decency and courage to admit they were wrong and correct their words.
In any case, the main thing is to pay tribute to King Pele. And while I modestly suggested that in our 211 associations at least one football stadium or venue be named after Pelé, we will set an example by naming a field at FIFA Headquarters Pelé Stadium - FIFA Zurich.
Long live the king!" Infantino wrote.
