Spooky Pele lookalike joins the 星／主役にする's wife and son along with thousands of fans in 支払う／賃金ing 尊敬の印 to Brazilian football legend at 抱擁する 24-hour wake inside the stadium of his home team

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An uncanny Pele lookalike joined Brazil in 支払う／賃金ing their 尊敬（する）・点s to football legend Pele today, as his 棺 arrived at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away.

Hundreds of fans began とじ込み／提出するing into the Vila Belmiro, home to Pele's longtime club Santos, where the open casket 耐えるing the 団体／死体 of 'The King' was 陳列する，発揮するd at the centre circle this morning. The casket, which was placed under an awning and surrounded by bouquets of white flowers, will remain there for 24 hours.

The casket arrived before the doors were opened to the public, with Pele's son Edinho 事実上の／代理 as one of the pallbearers.?Funeral 労働者s draped a 隠す over him and Edinho was pictured 残り／休憩（する）ing his 手渡す on his father's forehead and 説 a 祈り in the moments before the wake began.?

の中で its 訪問者s was a man who struck a spooky resemblance to the 伝説の player. The 会葬者 was pictured walking across the football pitch in a Santos football jersey, a team Pele played for from 1956 to 1974.

The open casket of Brazilian football legend Pele at Vila Belmiro, home to his longtime club Santos, today

?Pele's 未亡人 Marcia Aoki places a cross pendant on her late husband's 団体／死体 during the 24-hour wake

The 会葬者 who has been dubbed Pele's lookalike was pictured walking across the football pitch in a Santos football jersey

Pele's son Edinho (centre), who was one of the casket's pallbearers,?残り／休憩（する）s his 手渡す on his father's forehead and says a 祈り

Ms Aoki and Edinho are pictured in a tearful embrace as they say 別れの（言葉，会） to the football legend

The daughter of Brazilian football legend Pele, Kelly Cristina (left), …に出席するs his father's wake at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 2

Pictured: A?見解（をとる） of 会葬者s outside Brazilian サッカー legend Pele's former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium, as he lies in 明言する／公表する in the centre circle

Pictured: Hundreds of 会葬者s 列 to 支払う／賃金 their 尊敬（する）・点s to?Brazilian サッカー legend Pele, as his 団体／死体 lies in 明言する／公表する on the pitch of his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium

Pele's 未亡人 Marcia Aoki was pictured placing a cross pendant on her husband's 団体／死体, and she was later seen embracing Edinho.

Edinho was 以前 刑務所，拘置所d for 33 years for laundering money from 麻薬 trafficking before his 宣告，判決 was 減ずるd to 12 years and 10 months on 控訴，上告.?

Fans started arriving at the stadium in the 早期に hours to say goodbye to Edson Arantes do Nascimento, globally known as Pele.?One of them was Brazilian 最高の 法廷，裁判所 司法（官） Gilmar Mendes.

'It is a very sad moment, but we are now seeing the real meaning of this 伝説の player to our country,' Mr Mendes told 新聞記者／雑誌記者s.?

'My office has shirts 調印するd by Pele, a picture of him as a goalkeeper, also 調印するd by him, DVDs, photos, a big collection of him.

Carlos Mota and his 12-year-old son Bernardo traveled more than 300 miles from Rio de Janeiro to Santos, a south-eastern port city in Sao Paulo 明言する／公表する, to 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印 to their late hero.

'My whole childhood was 影響（力）d by what Pele did for Brazil, by his World Cup 勝利，勝つs. He was a 国家の idol,' Mota, 59, told AFP.??

Bernardo 追加するd: 'I never saw Pele play, but I've seen the ビデオs. He's the greatest player who ever walked the Earth.'?

Fifa 大統領，／社長 Gianni Infantino and Alejandro Dominguez, 長，率いる of the South American football 連合 Conmebol, were の中で the first to 支払う／賃金 their 尊敬（する）・点s at the open casket.

Pele 得点する／非難する／２０d 得点する／非難する／２０d some of the best goals of his career at the oceanside stadium outside Sao Paulo 愛称d 'Peixe' - 'fish' in Portuguese.?It is 推定する／予想するing a 抱擁する influx of fans hoping to honour?Pele, who died 老年の 82 on Thursday after a long 戦う／戦い with 癌.

Stadium doors opened at 10:00 am 地元の time (1300 GMT). The 棺 耐えるing the remains of the only player to have won three World Cups is 存在 陳列する，発揮するd in the centre of the field on a 一時的な 壇・綱領・公約.

A white 隠す is draped over Pele's 団体／死体, which is seen adorned with flowers and surrounded by white bouquets

Pallbearers carry Pele's casket to the centre circle of his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium where he will 嘘（をつく） in 明言する／公表する before his funeral

Surrounded by flowers, former football player Serginho Chulapa kisses Pele's 長，率いる at the stadium in Sao Paulo

Pallbearers, 含むing Pele's son Edinho, carry Pele's casket to the centre circle where fans waited to 支払う／賃金 their 尊敬（する）・点s

Funeral 労働者s 暴露する the casket before 開始 the doors of the?Urbano Caldeira Stadium, which has a capacity of 16,000 people

Former Santos player Manoel Maria (left) 抱擁するs the son of Brazilian football 星／主役にする Pele, Edinho (権利), during Pele's wake at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 2

Pictured:?Neymar Santos Sr. - father of Brazil 星／主役にする Neymar Jr. - …に出席するs Pele's 記念の Service in Santos, Brazil

Pictured:?The 棺 with the remains of Brazilian サッカー 広大な／多数の／重要な Pele lies on 陳列する，発揮する on the pitch of the Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos, Brazil, Monday, January 2

A 会葬者s 反応するs as he 支払う／賃金s 尊敬（する）・点 to Brazilian サッカー legend Pele, who's 団体／死体 lies in 明言する／公表する on the pitch of his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium

Known as Vila Belmiro after the neighbourhood where it is 位置を示すd, the 黒人／ボイコット and white Urbano Caldeira Stadium has a capacity of 16,000 people.?

In the stands, three 巨大（な） 旗s could be seen yesterday, one with an image of Pele 陳列する，発揮するing the famous number ten on his jersey.

Another bore the message, 'Long live the king'. The third said 簡単に, 'Pele 82 years.'

After the wake, a 行列 will be held through the streets of Santos, a port city about 47 miles from the 明言する／公表する 資本／首都 Sao Paulo.

The parade will pass the house of Pele's mother, Celeste Arantes, 100,?who is unaware that her world-famous son has died.?'She doesn't know,' Pele's sister Maria Lucia do Nascimento told ESPN on Friday. 'She is not conscious.'

The 行列 will end at a 共同墓地 in Santos, where Pele will be interred in a special 霊廟.?

Thousands of Brazilians line up to 企て，努力，提案 a final 別れの（言葉，会） to football 巨大（な） Pele today ahead of a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos

会葬者s 列 to 支払う／賃金 their 尊敬（する）・点 to Brazilian football legend Pele, as his 団体／死体 lies in 明言する／公表する on the pitch of his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium

Police work in Urbano Caldeira Stadium before football legend Pele's funeral which begins tomorrow

Pallbearers carry the casket of Pele, the only player to have won three World Cups, to the centre circle of his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium

Stadium doors opened at 10:00 am 地元の time (1300 GMT) to 許す the thousands of fans to 支払う／賃金 their 尊敬（する）・点s

Fans line up to see Pele's casket with hundreds entering the stadium すぐに after the doors opened this morning

A man 持つ／拘留するs a World Cup replica and wears a t-shirt with a picture of Pele on the 前線, while draped in a Brazilian 旗, as he 列s to enter the Santos stadium

空中の 見解（をとる） of the Urbano Caldeira Stadium ahead of football legend Pele's funeral

The 霊柩車 carrying Pele's casket arrives at Santos as a 花火 goes off in the 早期に morning

Pele, the 'King' of football, died 老年の 82 on Thursday after a long 戦う／戦い with 癌

Pele will be buried overlooking the Santos pitch that made him famous: Click here to read more

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Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele is 広範囲にわたって considered to have been the best player yet of the beautiful game.?His death 誘発するd a 全世界の outpouring of 尊敬の印s, with his native Brazil 持つ／拘留するing three days of 国家の 嘆く／悼むing.

He 得点する／非難する／２０d 1,283 goals in a career of 21 years, most of them played at Santos.

花冠s of flowers left by his fans have brought a splash of colour to Vila Belmiro, which houses a 破産した／（警察が）手入れする and a statue of the football 広大な／多数の／重要な.

Silvio Neves Souza, an electrician on holiday from Sao Paulo, took a moment on Sunday to visit the stadium since he will not be able to …に出席する the 公式の／役人 儀式.

'I'm sure a lot of people will come to the wake, not just old people who saw him play, but also young people,' the 54-year-old said.

どこかよそで in the city, 旗，新聞一面トップの大見出し／大々的に報道するs with Pele's 直面する decorate another monument 築くd in his likeness. 'I loved the world with the ball at my feet,' read one 調印する.

At the （警察，軍隊などの）本部 of the Brazilian Football 連合 in Rio de Janeiro, a 巨大（な） poster with Pele's image 耐えるs the word 'eternal.'

And at the 就任（式）／開始 of Brazil's 大統領，／社長 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday, the 儀式 began with a minute's silence in Pele's memory.

軍の police in Sao Paulo 明言する／公表する, where 数字表示式の street 審査するs also 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印 to the prolific striker, said there would be a '強健な' （軍隊などの）展開，配備 for the posthumous 尊敬の印s.

安全 will be 強化するd at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo ahead of the 推定する／予想するd arrival of throngs of 競技者s, 政治家，政治屋s, 高官s and fans for the wake.

Carrying 旗s and wearing football shirts, fans 元気づける as they line up to see Pele's casket at the Vila Belmiro Stadium

Fans 列 outside the Urbano Caldeira Stadium to see Pele, who 得点する／非難する／２０d 1,283 goals in a career of 21 years

尊敬の印s inside Vila Belmiro, 含むing several number tens as worn on Pele's football jersey

Wr eaths of flowers left by Pele's fans - 含むing one 存在 carried inside - have brought a splash of colour to Vila Belmiro?

巨大（な） 旗s could be seen inside the stadium yesterday, one with an image of Pele 陳列する，発揮するing the famous number ten on his jersey

Pele's 団体／死体 arrived under 花火s in Santos - a city of about 430,000 people - in the 早期に hours of Monday, from hospital.

On Tuesday, a 行列 carrying his 棺 will pass through the streets of Santos, ending at the Ecumenical 記念の Necropolis 共同墓地, where he will be buried in a 私的な 儀式.

Santos' 圧力（をかける） office said some 5,000 新聞記者／雑誌記者s from all over the world had been 信じる／認定／派遣するd to cover the wake.?People started 集会 outside the stadium on Sunday, taking pictures next to a statue of Pele.

Street vendors were selling Santos and Brazil jerseys with his 指名する. Inside the stadium, the stru cture for the wake was ready まっただ中に messages such as 'Long live the King' and 'The only man to stop a war.'

Several 当局 are 推定する／予想するd to …に出席する the 記念の, 含むing the newly sworn-in 大統領，／社長, 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 Geraldo Alckmin - a longtime Santos 支持者 - and Fifa 大統領，／社長 Mr Infantino.

'I'll be here all day, 24 hours, from 10:00 am to 10:00 am,' fan Roberto Santos said. 'Pele deserves it'.?

Pele jerseys are seen 利用できる for sale outside Urbano Caldeira Stadium ahead of the football legend's funeral

Football fans line up to see the late Brazilian football legend Pele at the Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos today

An 年輩の fan of Santos is seen looking through a window ahead of Pele's wake

A child waits for the start of the wake for Brazilian football legend Pele with his 指名する daubed on her cheek

Pele had been in the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo for a month until his death on December 29.

His sister 解任するd: 'We were with him [days before he died]. It was very 静かな, we talked a little, but I already sensed that he was feeling it, he already knew he was leaving.'

Born on October 23, 1940, Pele grew up selling peanuts on the street to help his 貧窮化した family.

He got his famous 愛称 after mispronouncing 胆汁, the 指名する of a goalkeeper at Vasco de Sao Lourenco, where his footballer father once played.

Pele 爆発するd の上に the scene at age 15, when he started playing professionally with Santos.

At just 17, he helped Brazil to its first World Cup 選手権, in 1958.?That was followed by World Cup 肩書を与えるs in 1962 and 1970. The latter 示すd the pinnacle of his career, as he starred on what many consider the greatest team of all time.

Pele had been in ますます 壊れやすい health in 最近の years.

He remained active on social マスコミ, 元気づける on Brazil during the World Cup in Qatar and consoling the pre-tournament favourites when they were 除去するd in the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦 just three weeks before his death.