Along with Maradona, Platini, Cruyff, Pelé, Eusebio and a few others, he is part of the football pantheon. German Franz Beckenbauer lost this Thursday evening with the death of Pele more than a football idol, but a real companion of the legend of the king of sports.
“Football today lost the greatest in its history – and I lost a unique friend,” Beckenbauer paid tribute to him on Twitter. Football will be yours forever. Rest in peace. Beckenbauer was not only a contemporary and formidable opponent of Pele. He was also his teammate during the 1977 New York Cosmos season.
Lifetime opponents, one-year teammates
In an interview with FourFourTwo in 2017, Pelé said of Beckenbauer that he, along with Englishman Bobby Charlton, was the toughest defender he had ever faced. “You see, whoever I played against, I had the best defender that set me apart, but the best were Bobby Moore and Franz Beckenbauer. Beckenbauer was fantastic – very smart, hard to beat. »
Tribute to Franz Beckenbauer mingles with many others who came unanimously in the evening to pay their respects to King Pele, who died this Thursday at the age of 82 from colon cancer.
Source: Le Parisien
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