Cristiano Ronaldo bounced back to reckoning after a torrid week of ups and downs to once again record another milestone By breaking the all-time goals record of the legendary Pele — Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Ronaldo didn’t fail to acknowledge the role Pele has played in making football the beautiful game it is today Cristiano Ronaldo, as usual … Read more
Just as older football fans quote Johan Cruyff and Diego Maradona as kings, we can’t convince the current generation that there are better people than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. It is unlikely that there is too much argument that the player who is always sitting on this particular tree is Pele. Say what you … Read more
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, commonly referred to just as Pele was the greatest footballer in his time right from the tender age of 17 Pele set a lot of football records most of which have been broken, some will soon be broken while some might never be broken not even by any of Messi or Ronaldo. … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG Pele has widely been considered as the greatest player in the history of the sport. He won 3 world cups and scored a total of 757 officially recognised goals. On Sunday, Cristiano Ronaldo broke that record and set his own tally as he scored two goals, taking his own officially recognised goals … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG , 20TH DECEMBER, 2020 Barcelona and Argentina Legend, Lionel Messi has matched Brazil legend, Pele’s record of 643 goals for a single club after netting for Barcelona in a 2-2 draw with Valencia at the Nou Camp on Saturday. The Barcelona Winger scored a milestone goal with a diving header just before … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 5th December, 2020 Lionel Messi could break Pele’s all time one club goal scoring record in upcoming La Blaugrana’s weekend La Liga and champions league clashes. Messi was rested for Barcelona’s midweek Champions League win over Hungarian side Fernecvaros, but he is expected to return to Ronald Koeman’s side for the trip to Andalucia … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 26TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Brazil legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pele) has paid emotional tribute to Diego Armando Maradona. Maradona, who led Argentina to World Cup success in 1986 passed away on Wednesday. Pele and Maradona are hailed as two of the most talented stars to ever play the game and debate has long raged … Read more
Football great, Pele, improving after his latest visit to the hospital for what has been described as urinary infection. The 78-year-old Brazil legend was admitted on Wednesday after a promotional event involving young World Cup winner and Paris St-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe. In a message he posted on Twitter, Pele wrote: “The antibiotics are working … Read more