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The FIFA President's Special Award is an annual award initiated by the then FIFA President Joseph Blatter and is awarded to those special people who have made contributions to world football during the year.

In 2005, the first recipient of the FIFA President's Special Award was Swedish international football referee Anders Frisk, and this year's football king Pele was the second.

Anders Frisk was born in Gothenburg, Sweden on February 18, 1963. He works as an insurance salesman. He started his career as a football referee in 1978 and became an international referee in 1991. He is known for his strict law enforcement and the courage to show red and yellow cards.

Said he retired in 2005.

On September 16, 2004, Anders was officiating the Champions League group match between Roma and Dynamo Kiev. He was hit with a throwing object by fans of the home team who were dissatisfied with the score and caused bleeding. The game was interrupted. The Roma team was also attacked by the European Football Association after the game.

The Football Association imposed heavy penalties.

The incident that made Anders famous all over the world was on February 23, 2005.

Enforced the match between Barcelona and Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals. Because Anders sent Drogba off with a red card during the game, Chelsea coach Mourinho accused him of favoring Barcelona. Frisk was criticized by many reporters after the game.

and "harassment" and even death threats from fans. On March 11, Frisk announced the termination of his refereeing career on the grounds that he could not tolerate unfair attacks from the media and terrorist threats from fans against him and his family.

In December 2005, Anders became the first recipient of the FIFA President's Special Award, which was a consolation for his football refereeing career. As for what happened in that game at Camp Nou, it can only be judged.

Buried in history.

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This year, Pele became the second recipient of the FIFA President's Special Award in recognition of his great achievements in promoting football!

"I'm very grateful to Sir Charlton for the award, and thank you Mr. Chairman for awarding this award to me. You make me feel extremely honored!" Standing in the center of the stage, Pele said emotionally with tears in his eyes: "Because of football, I won this award.

Being able to walk out of the slums in Brazil, countless Brazilian children have also changed their destiny because of football. This is the huge power that football gives to the world~!"

Gu Fei, who was sitting in the audience, couldn't help but cheer for Pele. Maradona might not have been able to express such an acceptance speech alone, or he couldn't have been so expressive and full of emotion!

There is always a relatively big controversy in the hearts of football fans around the world. If you say that Pele and Maradona are both football champions, no one will say anything. After all, in 2001, both of them were named "the best players of the 20th century" by FIFA in 2001.

"The best player". But if someone says that Maradona is the only world champion, someone will always stand up and object.

In fact, it is not wrong to say so. Firstly, everyone has their own preferences, and secondly, these two football champions actually have their own outstanding contributions. And the reason why people say that Maradona is the only football champion

King, the main reason is the affirmation of Maradona's strength.

"Wolf King" Totti once said: "The best player in history? What a stupid question. There is no answer except Maradona and Pele. If I have to say it, it is Maradona."

Maradona, who is 20 years younger than Pele, faced higher competitive pressure than Pele at the time, but through his outstanding talents and the use of television and other media, he left an indelible impact in the hearts of fans more intuitively

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As an early outstanding black player, Pele's influence is more reflected in vigorously promoting the development of football around the world. Because of Pele, football has gradually become the world's number one sport.

This is one of the reasons why FIFA awarded two "Best Players of the 20th Century" back then. The influence of the two people is completely different. Now fans see more of Maradona's games on TV.

After a miraculous operation, Maradona was placed in the first position. Therefore, Maradona's best player was selected through fans' online voting.

But saying this does not belittle Pele's influence. Any fan knows in his heart that Pele does not just predict. His state in his peak period is still eye-catching now.

In 1956, Pele started his career with Santos, during which he won 2 Copa Libertadores, 2 Intercontinental Cups, 6 Brazilian National Championships (predecessor), and 11 Sao Paulo State Football League Championships. In 1957

, Pele was selected for the Brazilian national team, representing the Brazilian team and scoring 77 goals in 92 games. He won three World Cup championships in 1958, 1962 and 1970. He permanently retained the Jules Rimit Cup for Brazil and became the only player to win three World Cup championships.

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In 1980, Pele was named the "Best Athlete of the 20th Century" by the French "L'Equipe" and several newspapers. In 1999, he was named "One of the Best Athletes of the 20th Century" by the International Olympic Committee. In 2000, he won the first Laureus Lifetime Award.

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In 2001, he was named "one of the best players of the 20th century" by FIFA. In the same year, "France Football" organized 30 Ballon d'Or winners to jointly select him as the best player. He was also listed as the best player of the 20th century by "Times"

100 most influential people.

Pele won three World Cup championships with the Brazilian team. He directly promoted the improvement of World Cup rules. He made great contributions to the development of world football. He contributed to world peace. He is the world's football king.

World football in the 1960s was full of violent football. There was no substitution system in the World Cup, and the red and yellow card system was not sound. Pele, who was deeply disappointed with the World Cup, announced his withdrawal from the Brazilian team. In the following years, Pele and the Santos team continued to visit abroad.

This period was not all about "playing tricks", because some games played the role of peace ambassadors. From May to July 1967, the Santos team visited Africa for the first time.

The people of Africa have never believed that there is a black star in the world. They once thought that it was a fabrication by the media. Everywhere Pele went, he was welcomed by thousands of fans. In January 1969, Pele and Santos visited Africa again.

When I arrived in Congo, it was just in the middle of a civil war. Pele's arrival prompted the warring parties to reach a two-day ceasefire agreement, because both sides in the civil war were eager to watch Pele play.

On November 19, 1969, this was a day recorded in football history. Santos played against Vasco da Gama at the Maracana Stadium. Pele took a penalty kick and scored the 1,000th goal of his career. After Pele scored

, on-site reporters, fans and security personnel all rushed to Pele, hugged and shook hands with the football king, and the game was suspended for 11 minutes. From this day on, Santos Club named November 19th every year "Pele Day".

Pele's influence is first reflected in the most essential thing in sports, that is, primitive beauty. Pele's goals include both violent aesthetics and clever shooting, both solo and teamwork, both aerial kung fu and ground duels.

He has long-range shots from the outside, excellent shots in the penalty area, and scores from free kicks. He is an all-rounder on the offensive end.

Another very important point is that Pele's left and right feet are very balanced. It is very pleasing to watch Pele score. There is no impatience or urgency and he can calmly solve problems. This is an elegant football temperament. In the football world, you can have this kind of temperament.

Athletes with this temperament are rare.

In an era when Brazilian football was in a drought of honors, Pele became Brazil's number one star as a minor and helped Brazil win the World Cup for the first time with his absolutely outstanding performance. Think about the huge boost the Miracle in Bern gave to German football.

, it will be easier to understand 1958

The impact of winning the World Cup on Brazil. Brazil has no shortage of football people with superb football skills. After Pele opened the door to honor, he also brought three consecutive World Cup championships. Generations of young people throughout Brazil have justifiably devoted themselves to football and accumulated accumulated wealth.

The effect of half a century is astonishing.

From 1958 to 1962, Pele and the Santos team frequently went to Europe to play "league games". The gorgeous Samba football opened the eyes of European football. When European teams surrendered in most games, they were also thinking about how to fight against them.

Pele and the Brazilian players came up with a crooked trick: "Sweeping". They sacrificed a secondary player to injure the opponent's core player. In the era when there was no substitution system, this despicable trick often succeeded.

After the efforts of the South American countries led by the Brazilian and Argentine Football Associations, especially the South American teams that suffered repeated losses in the 1966 World Cup, the substitution system was finally introduced in the 1970 World Cup and the red and yellow card system was improved.

It is precisely because of the continuous efforts of generations of footballers represented by Pele that football has become the number one sport in the world, and Pele also has huge influence around the world.

As a local player in South America, Pele's influence in South America is self-evident. Kempes, who was praised by Maradona as "the person who brought Argentine football into the world football sector", was asked

When asked who his childhood idol was, he answered "Pele" without hesitation.

In Brazil, in order to prevent Pele from playing abroad and prevent it being difficult to see Pele play in the future, the then Brazilian president made a special legislation calling Pele an "unexportable national treasure."

Since Pele became famous in the 1958 World Cup, the whole of Europe got to know Pele, who was only 17 years old at the time. Since then, starting from 1959, for many years, European teams have invited Pele's Santos team every year

When they went to compete in Europe, the reason why they invited Santos was naturally because of Pele.

Every time Pele goes to Europe to play, the schedule is full. Sometimes he even has to play football as soon as he gets off the train, and every Pele game is packed with fans. At the same time, because Pele is in Europe

His performance during the game was always very good, so at that time many European giants hoped to bring Pele to Europe to play for them.

In 1970, Pele was invited to play in Nigeria, Africa. At that time, Nigeria was in the midst of a civil war. However, when the two sides knew that Pele was coming to their country to play, they reached a 48-hour ceasefire agreement for the following reasons:

They all want to see Pele play.

In 1975, Pele joined the New York Cosmos in the United States. At that time, the United States was still regarded as a "football desert" because Pele's joining the New York Cosmos was also regarded as a "pioneer journey." And Pele joined the New York Cosmos.

After that, a football craze really started in the United States.

When Pele made his first appearance with the New York Cosmos, Downing Stadium, the previously empty home of the Cosmos, was suddenly filled with more than 300 reporters from 22 countries. After Pele joined the New York Cosmos, the attendance of the New York Cosmos was sufficient.

It has tripled, and the number of spectators watching football matches in the United States has increased by 60% compared with the previous year. Pele's arrival has truly enhanced the enthusiasm of Americans and promoted the development of American football. Later, Americans were even more special

Divide the development history of American football into the "pre-Pele era" and the "Pele era".

In 1977, Bailey led the New York Cosmos to visit China. Chinese fans showed great enthusiasm for Bailey's visit to China. At that time, the Cosmos team led by Bailey and the Chinese team played a friendly match at Jiangwan Stadium in Shanghai.

It was packed with spectators, nearly 50,000 people, and their ticket prices at that time were nearly twice as expensive as usual.

In Pele's 20-year career, he successfully made football the number one sport in the world, and he also became the number one superstar in the football world.

Now, FIFA has awarded him the President's Special Award, which is a matter of course!

"Around the world, there are countless children playing football. All we can do is give wings to their dreams!" It must be said that Pele's speech was very contagious. When he finished his acceptance speech, the scene erupted.

A warm round of applause!

Even Sir Charlton, who presented Pele with the award, sincerely admired this peer who was only 3 years younger than him, because his contribution to world football was so great that only those like them could experience it.

A more profound experience.

The peak of Sir Charlton's career basically coincided with Pele's career. He interrupted Brazil's dream of winning the third Redmit Cup and won the Brazilian national team before it was affected by the domestic military control government.

The only World Series champion in England's history.

Even so, the England team still couldn't compare with Pele and his Brazilian team that year. Pele was elected as the champion and deservedly so.

Now, being able to present Pele with the President's Special Award at the FIFA year-end awards ceremony at the Zurich Opera House has brought Charlton back to the war-torn World Cup. At that time, football did not have so many commercial factors.

People play the purest football and enjoy the happiness brought by football!

Today, football has surpassed all sports and has become the number one sport in the world. The number of participants and fans are the number one in the world. Football has also brought countless happiness to people all over the world!

Especially the birth of Gu Fei, Sir Charlton even felt that he might be able to see a superstar who dominates the world in his lifetime, even more powerful than Pele back then!

All we can say is that the world is constantly developing and changing, and any miracle is possible!