{"id":20554,"date":"2022-06-03T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/brazilian-icon-pele-calls-on-putin-to-stop-ukraine-invasion"},"modified":"2022-06-03T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:54:11","slug":"brazilian-icon-pele-calls-on-putin-to-stop-ukraine-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/brazilian-icon-pele-calls-on-putin-to-stop-ukraine-invasion","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian icon Pele calls on Putin to stop Ukraine invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Brazilian football legend Pele made a public plea on Wednesday to Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his \u201cwicked\u201d and \u201cunjustifiable\u201d invasion of Ukraine, minutes before Ukraine\u2019s national team played in a World Cup qualifying game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to use today\u2019s game as an opportunity to make a request: Stop this invasion. No argument exists that can justify violence,\u201d Pele said in a statement published on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis conflict is wicked, unjustifiable and brings nothing but pain, fear, terror and anguish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pele and Putin last met in Moscow in 2017 during the Confederations Cup, a championship held before the World Cup. The Russian leader has named Pele as one of his favorite players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we met in the past and exchanged smiles accompanied by a long handshake, I never thought one day we would be as divided as we are today,\u201d wrote Pele, who served as Brazil\u2019s first minister of sports in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine beat Scotland 3-1 on Wednesday to move one game away from qualifying for the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked the team for \u201ctwo hours of happiness, something we have become unaccustomed to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. 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