December 29-England’s official Twitter said that in order to pay tribute to the recently deceased Brazilian king Pele, Wembley Stadium lit up the yellow and green lights representing Brazil.
The England team tweeted: “salute to real football idols.” Rest in peace, Bailey! ”
Bailey, who has been facing health problems in recent years, spent Christmas in the hospital after being re-hospitalized at the end of November. According to a statement from Einstein Hospital in S ã o Paulo, Pele, 82, died on Thursday. Bailey “died of multiple organ failure, the result of the progression of colon cancer associated with his previous clinical symptoms.”
On Thursday night, the arches of Wembley Stadium turned yellow and green, and the whole football world mourned the true idol.
“as a footballer, I don’t have many regrets, but I wish I had played at Wembley, even once, even in a friendly,” Pele wrote on Twitter in 2018. ”