During the mid-sixties, the performance of Pele, whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, with the Brazilian club Santos declined badly, to the point that everyone was confused, including club officials, and Pele himself panicked, as he thought that his talent had receded and there was no way for it to return.
After much analysis, Pele came to the conclusion that he had given his “Lucky” shirt to a fan in a previous match, which caused his performance to decline and decided that this was the only logical reason to explain what was happening to him.
So he hired a private investigator to track down the fan and retrieve the shirt he gave him.
After an extensive search, the investigator succeeded in recovering the shirt, and Pele has been back to his best ever since.
But the story was not that simple, because what actually happened was that the investigator did not find the fan and did not recover the desired shirt, and what the investigator gave him was his shirt from a previous match.
The belief that the shirt was the same as the “lucky shirt” was enough to restore the Brazilian legend’s confidence and return to his level.
As they say, it’s all in the mind!
It is noteworthy that Pele, who died on December 29, 2022 at the age of 82, won the World Cup with the Brazilian national team three times (1958, 1962 and 1970), and he had a famous saying: “I was born to play football, just as Beethoven was born to write music and Michael was born to write.” Angelo to paint.”
Source: RT
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