The coffin of the only football player to have won three World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970) will rest in the center of the field in the enclosure which will open its doors at 10 a.m., according to FC Santos, his lifelong club.
Three giant banners were visible on Sunday in the stands of the 16,000-seat enclosure: one showing Pelé from behind with the “10” jersey that the ex-striker immortalized, while on the other two one could read “Vive the king” and “Pelé 82 years old”.
Entrance to the stadium will be authorized “without interruption” until Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time (2 p.m. in France) then a procession will travel through the streets of Santos, a city located 75 kilometers south-east of Sao Paulo, before the burial, reserved for the family on Tuesday.
