{"id":146800,"date":"2024-02-02T13:05:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/02\/brazil-rename-super-cup-in-peles-honour\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:05:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:05:44","slug":"brazil-rename-super-cup-in-peles-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/02\/brazil-rename-super-cup-in-peles-honour\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil Rename Super Cup In Pele&#8217;s Honour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Edson Arantes do Nascimento aka Pele<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brazil\u2019s Super Cup has been renamed the \u2018SuperCopa Rei\u2019 in honour of Pele, the country\u2019s Football Confederation (CBF) announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Cup is the curtain-raiser for the Brazilian season and pits together the Brazilian Serie A winners and the Copa do Brasil champions.<\/p>\n<p>League champions, Palmeiras, will take on Cup winners, S\u00e3o Paulo, in Sunday\u2019s Super Cup in Belo Horizonte.<\/p>\n<p>Often referred to as \u2018O Rei\u2019 (The King), Pele scored 77 goals for Brazil in 92 appearances, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time World Cup winner died at the age of 82 in 2022. <strong><em>-Getty<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPele deserves all the tributes,\u201d CBF president, Ednaldo Rodrigues said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis legacy will always be revered by the CBF. The Supercopa Rei is a way of giving even more importance to the competition\u2026The idea of calling the competition Supercopa Rei is within the context of utmost importance for the CBF, which is to preserve the memory of Brazilian football, to ensure that new generations do not lose the reference of the great football idols, in this case, the greatest reference of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edson Arantes do Nascimento aka Pele \u00a0 Brazil\u2019s Super Cup has been renamed the \u2018SuperCopa Rei\u2019 in honour of Pele, the country\u2019s Football Confederation (CBF) announced on Wednesday. The Super Cup is the curtain-raiser for the Brazilian season and pits together the Brazilian Serie A winners and the Copa do Brasil champions. 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