Last big game for Pele
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) RIO DE JANEIRO. Pele, the soccer star who piloted Brazil to three World Cup triumphs, has decided to postpone his retirement from the international scene by one week.
The brilliant goal-scoring forward will play his last match for Brazil against Jugoslavia at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on July 18, according to an interview published in “0 Globo.”
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32588, 23 April 1971, Page 22
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