On Monday, Gianni Infantino was seen taking pictures of himself and a few other people with a smartphone near Pelé’s open casket.
The president of the international football association Fifa Gianni Infantino the actions of Pele’s bodyguards aroused a lot of criticism, for example on social media.
On Monday, Infantino was seen taking pictures of himself and a few other people with a smartphone near Pele’s open casket.
Infantino responded to the criticism on Tuesday by stating that Pele’s former teammates and family members had asked him to take pictures with him.
– As for selfies, Pele’s teammates asked for a group selfie, but they didn’t know how to take one. I wanted to be helpful and I took the phone from one of them and took a picture of all of us for him,” Infantino said on Instagram.
Infantino said he admired and respected Pele and the bodyguards so much that he would “never do anything disrespectful”.
The coffin of Pele, who died last Thursday, was on display for 24 hours from Monday to Tuesday at the football legend’s former home stadium in Santos. From there, it was carried in a funeral procession that lasted for hours through the streets of Santos to a private blessing ceremony.
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