CSCM/Av At the 1962 World Cup in Chile, one of those scenes that football preserves as minor legends took place. Brazil was facing Czechoslovakia, and at the end of the match, Pelé—already a global phenomenon at 21—approached an opposing defender to exchange jerseys, as was customary among players at the time. The Czechoslovakian, identified in historical accounts as Jan Lála, responded with a phrase that has circulated for decades in the footba…
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CSCM/Av At the 1962 World Cup in Chile, one of those scenes that football preserves as minor legends took place. Brazil was facing Czechoslovakia, and at the end of the match, Pelé—already a global phenomenon at 21—approached an opposing defender to exchange jerseys, as was customary among players at the time. The Czechoslovakian, identified in historical accounts as Jan Lála, responded with a phrase that has circulated for decades in the footba…