FIFA boss Gianni Infantino says he is ‘appalled’ after criticism for taking selfie in front of Pele’s coffin

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FIFA boss Gianni Infantino said he was “appalled” after criticism he received for taking a selfie in front of the late Pele’s coffin with Pele’s former teammates, including Lima.

Infantino has come under intense scrutiny from netizens after seeing his selfie. Netizens called FIFA boss ‘classless’, ‘disgraceful’ and ‘awful’

Infantino pulls out his cell phone to take a selfie with #Pel lying in his coffin according to the report below. What a disgrace. https://t.co/g9HCbgPJ6A

Bonita Mersiades (@bonitamersiades) January 3, 2023

Infantino in his defense came out and said ‘asked to take a selfie of all of us together but they didn’t know how to do it’.

“So to be helpful, I took one of them’s phone and took the picture of all of us for him.” he added.

Speaking in more detail about the reviews, Infantino said: “If being helpful to a teammate of Pelé creates reviews, I am happy to accept them and will continue to be helpful wherever I can to those who have contributed to writing reviews. legendary pages of football.”

“I have so much respect and admiration for Pelé and for that ceremony yesterday that I would never do anything that would be disrespectful in any way,” he added.

Pel was buried in his final resting place on Tuesday as millions of fans in Brazil and around the world mourned the sports legend.

Newly inaugurated president Luiz Incio Lula da Silva paid tribute to Vila Belmiro, the stadium where Pel played for most of his career.

Pel was buried in the city where he grew up, rose to fame and helped make his sport a world capital. The mass was held at the Vila Belmiro stadium before the black coffin was driven through the streets of the city of Santos in a fire truck.

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