Pele and Franz Beckenbauer Speak at a New York Cosmos Press Conference in Japan | Sept. 1977

Friday, September 9th 1977.
Footage of Pele (Edson Arantes Do Nascimento) and Franz Beckenbauer speaking at a press conference in Tokyo organised the day before their team, the New York Cosmos played Furukawa Electricity Company.
Pele was playing a series of "Farewell" matches prior to his retirement: Two in Japan, another two in China (in the cities of Peking now Beijing & Shanghai) and the final one in New York against his long-term club, Santos.
Beckenbauer, who spoke in German, said that at 32 years of age, he thought he'd go over to the United States to help American football get off the ground. However he was surprised at how quickly they had got to know the game. He also said that he felt that the abilities of players such as Pele, Chinaglia, and Carlos Alberto, had really helped to attract the crowds to Cosmos games.
Transcript of Pele's comments:
PELE: "You know, I feel very very sorry, because I love soccer and it's like part of my life I lost but it's very important when you stop in good shape, when you can stop in good shape. Of course I'm going to miss a lot. I'm going to be around. I'm going to stay in the right state. I'm going to ask if I can practice with team-mates sometimes, but it's important if you stop when you're in a good position and the top of your kind. I know I'm going to miss - no doubt about."
REPORTER: "Will you go back to Brazil?"
PELE: "Yes October, I back to Brazil, when I do things there maybe in the season, I stay two months, two months and a half with the team because I want to see games."
Footage: Reuters News.

[@benjirodriguez3908]

RIP LEGENDS ❤

[@Kazuya720]

RIP Kaiser

[@1anre]

Pele the legend.

[@lucao8731]

Pele the Best Ever.

[@ijhonatanaraujo]

Hoje dia 08/01/2024 morreu Franz pouco mais de um ano após a morte do Pelé, infelizmente essas lendas já não se encontram entre nós

[@fernandoancco2765]

Beckenbauer the best defense ever

[@onlygym295]

Agreed

[@wonjubhoy]

Rip Kaiser

[@wintix4565]

Forever and ever my Fc Bayern brother. Ruhe in Frieden Kaiser!

[@alexandervonkarnstein]

Beckenbauer und Pele in einer Mannschaft war ein Traum.

[@viniciussoarresleitte339]

Beckenbauer o melhor da historia

[@marcoavoni3964]

Chinaglia was the best show!!🔝

[@s.oliver5357]

Pele was very fluent in English😮 hell i didnt know. Take this Messi 😂

[@itsallGudmin]

RIP KING

[@takashi2010]

Wow....From where is master video of this?

[@user-bw2sv6jc2t]

I would love to know too!!

[@McFranzisko]

Hi, Im trying to find more info in Pele's 2 games in Japan so If Im correct he has 2 games the Farewell series ? One held on September 10th, 1977 and the other one in September 14th, 1977 ? Info will be greatly appreciated.

[@leandrosilvestre2114]

Have you found the answer?

[@jeffre7197]

In defense baresi better than him in passing pirlo better than him in skills zidane better than him in finishing pelè better than him but in general his a one of the best completed players in history

[@tudormunteanu2633]

Who? Beckenbauer? He is the best defender ever and a better defender than baresi

[@Bledipr]

@@tudormunteanu2633 Only Bobby Moore could be a match

[@mor4665]

@@tudormunteanu2633 beckenbauer is not a better defender than baresi, but he is a way better player than baresi.

[@fernandoancco2765]

@@mor4665 Beckenbauer has 2 Ballon d'Or, he has made 3 fantastic World Cups with Germany in 1966, 1970 and 1974, 2 World Finals, 2 European Cup Finals in a row, he was a European and World Cup champion, 3 Champions in a row, there will be no other defender better than Beckenbauer.

[@onlygym295]

@@mor4665 yo bruh , who is baresi in front of Beckenbauer, the man who won a world cup and 2 ballon'dors, what achievements does baresi have??🤣🤣