MOSCOW, June 2, Vasily Bogdanov. USSR football champion in Moscow «Spartak» Anzor Kavazashvili called the unworthy act of the former striker of the Brazilian national team Pele, who turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to stop the special operation in Ukraine. teams of Ukraine and Scotland (3:1), Pele turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to stop the special operation in Ukraine. The three-time world champion published an open letter on Instagram *. «International imperialism surprises me. Politics has now switched to sports and football, we have been removed everywhere under the dictation of Western politicians. And then the esteemed Pele appears with his appeal. Everyone knows what state he is in right now «what health problems he had in recent years. We need to find out who wrote this letter and gave it to him for signature, and categorically condemn him! I would not like to offend the «king of football», but this is an unworthy act on his part. in my opinion, the only and last such act in his life. Pele has no right to flaunt his status and make such statements. In fact, I’m even sorry that he was in this situation. He didn’t even have to agree to participate in this, » — said Kavazashvili. The bronze medalist of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, Kavazashvili, during his playing career, met on the field with Pele. In 1965, the national teams of the USSR and Brazil held a friendly match (0: 3), Pele scored a double, he scored one of the goals against the goal that Kavazashvili defended. * The activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are banned in Russia as extremist.
