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FootballLet’s help Switzerland find a “Stade Pelé”!
Gianni Infantino ordered all countries to invent an enclosure to the glory of King Pelé. We chewed up the work at the ASF by giving it a few leads.
Gianni Infantino likes to walk on lawns.
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Between two selfies and many smiles in Brazil, like a vulture around the body of the recently deceased “King”, Gianni Infantino still had a brilliant idea of which only he seems to have the secret. “We are going to ask all the countries in the world to name one of their stadiums in the name of Pelé,” the FIFA president told reporters on site. The bagatelle of 211 countries will therefore have to be executed and Switzerland is one of them, inevitably, especially since it is home to the headquarters of the International Federation.
To help the Swiss find the right stadium to pay homage to the Brazilian legend, we tried to look at what the names of the major Swiss stadiums would look like. The first stadiums that come to mind, such as the Parc St-Jacques Pelé or the Wankdorf Pelé are only moderately dreamy. There may be something interesting to look for in Lugano or Zurich, as suggested on Twitter, with a stunning CornareDo Nascimento or an extraordinary Pelézigrund.
To go even further, we can imagine a swissPelearena in Lucerne or a Pelé Stadium in La Praille, in homage to the quality of the lawn at the end of Lake Geneva. In Valais and St-Gall, it is difficult to fully appreciate a Stade Tourbillon-Pelé or a kybunPelépark. At the limit, a Schützenwiese-Pelé in Winterthur can make you laugh. Like, at the lower level, where I was suggested the Stadium with three Peles and two shaved at Pontaise, for the Lausanne Ouchy Stadium, and the Stadium where we peel them at La Tuilière, for LS matches, but it works less well. In Yverdon, the Stade Pelé Municipal would have a certain style, like a Maladière-Pelé in Neuchâtel, by the way.
Afterwards, if the elite formations do not want to give in to the injunctions of the big boss of FIFA, why not seek out smaller stadiums, which would be very happy to gain international notoriety in this way. I can easily imagine a Stade des Trois Sapins Pelé in Echallens (VD), or even the Stade des Trois-Chêne Pelé in Chêne-Bourg (GE) or even the Bout du Lac Pelé Sports Complex to please the US Port- Wallis (VS). A Communal Pelé stadium in Cornol (JU) sounds good too, it’s true. Just like a Grands Bois Pelé pitch in Epagny (FR) or a very possible Stade Pelé du Bord du Lac for FC Béroche-Gorgier (NE).
Towards a Stade des Trois Sapins Pelé in Echallens?
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Be careful not to forget that Liechtenstein will also have to go through the Pelé box. But there are far fewer choices. The footballers of the small Principality will be obliged to compose with the Stadion Rheinpark Pelé or the Pelé Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, it is the President of the International Federation who requires it. Because we still imagine quite moderately a Sportplatz Rheinwiese Pelé for FC Schaan, a Pelé Sportplatz Rheinau for FC Balzers or a Freizeitpark Pelé Widau, for FC Ruggeli.
And then hey, if Infantino really wants to assume his idea of behind the fagots, he can clean up in front of his own door – that of Zurich, not that of his new house in Doha… -. Next to the FIFA headquarters, there are two and a half football pitches. The Valaisan might thus set an example and rename the Rasensportanlage Forrenweid with the name of the best footballer of all time. It doesn’t eat bread and the Pelé-Rasensportanlage Forrenweid, it would be really nice.