Pele: Birth of a Legend Page #4

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- Ashamed, pai.

I got it. Calma.

- Tickets, please!

Rio de Janeiro!

Stay strong, meu filho.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Watch this. Watch this.

So, you're that kid that thinks

he can dribble like me, huh?

Hmm, then you've got style.

The name's Garrincha.

- Hi. Dico.

- This is Castilho.

- Castilho. Hey.

- That's Mauro.

- Hey, Mauro. Dico.

- Vava.

- Hey, Vava.

- Uh, Zito you know, right?

- Yeah.

- Hey, Zito.

- And Didi.

- See you on the bench, kid.

- The bench? But coach hasn't

picked the lineups yet.

- Uh, you sure about that?

- There's your competition.

Mazzola.

Good luck convincing coach

to start you over him.

- Wow! He scrubs floors

and shines shoes.

Pele.

And I'll be like Mazzola.

- It's Jose Altafini.

- Yeah. But he goes by Mazzola.

'Cause he says

he plays just like

the legendary Italian striker.

- Well, my family's Italian

and I was trained

in that style of play.

So I am confident I will bring

some of the sophistication

and class

some others

of the team may lack.

- Garrincha, do you really

think your ginga style

will hold up against

the Europeans?

- I..

- I don't see what's so bad

about ginga.

- Listen! Listen! It's okay.

Silencio! Silencio!

Okay, okay, listen.

No one here

wants to relive 1950.

I can assure you that

this team will be civilized

both on and off the field.

We will only show

our best face in Sweden.

Alright. Let's take the photo!

Brazil is at a crossroads.

We either go down

in history as the savages

or we enter the ranks

of the civilized.

The President spoke those words

to me this morning.

And I promised him

that this team, that my team

unlike those of the past

would not make fools

of ourselves and Brazil.

And you...

You may be 16 years old

but you are now a sportsman

for this great nation.

Ginga style might have worked

for you back in Santos

but it will never hold up

at an international level.

- But, coach...

- I don't wanna hear it!

It won't happen again.

Say it.

- It won't happen again.

- What?!

- It won't happen again.

- Get him a haircut

and some proper clothes.

- According to insider reports

Coach Feola is struggling

with his new recruits

during their

first month of practices.

But since fans called

for replacing virtually

the entire team

after the disaster of 1950

and the disgrace of '54

the coach was left

with few options

outside of inexperienced

and unconventional players.

The bulky midfielder, Zito

bent-legged striker,

Mane Garrincha.

And the youngster,

Dico Nascimento

who made headlines

last month for his outburst

at the inaugural banquet much

to the chagrin of Coach Feola.

Teaching Brazilians to play the

same disciplined formations

of the European teams

seems challenging enough.

But the coaching staff appears

to also be encouraging

a more refined

presentation off the field.

- Why all the fuss?

- It's about

changing that image.

We don't want

to arrive in Sweden

and have the world say,

"Oh, there's Brazil."

- Yes. But you are Brazilian,

aren't you?

- No.

You're not listening.

I'm-I'm talking about the way

others see us and how we play.

- Then how do you account

for the reports

of the team playing lousy

in practices?

- Certain players still are not

up to international standards.

- And you think they can be

by Sweden?

- Maybe we're lousy

'cause we're not playing

the way we know how.

- I really hope

you're not saying

what I think you're saying.

- I mean, what if we just

didn't get it right in '50?

- All I know is that coach

picks the starting lineup today.

Show him you can play

the way Jose plays

and you might have a shot.

But if you play with ginga...

- I know, it's just my dad..

- Your dad what?

- Nothing. Forget it.

- I want to see good,

clean football, boys!

Short, sharp passes!

You've got Vava on the wing!

Cross to the wing!

Take it from him!

Take it!

Alright now! Spread it out,

move! Here we go!

Zito! You gotta block

that out!

Keep the ball moving here!

Let's go!

Nascimento!

No! No!

What are you thinking?

- Dico!

Dico!

- Breathe.

- Dico?

Are you okay?

- I had a small collision.

- What?

What do you mean?

Dico?

- It's my knee.

It's my knee, mae.

They don't know when

I can play again.

- What happened?

- I should have

stayed in school.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry, mae.

- No, Dico.

Dico?

We made that choice together.

And it was the right choice.

Your father and I

love you no matter what.

- Te amo, mae.

- Okay.

Let's have a look.

Deep breaths.

Hey!

It's still too swollen to say.

Keep ice on it for a few days.

- And then

he can play?

- Maybe next season.

I am so sorry.

We'll take another look

in Sweden.

If he's going.

- It's too late

to replace him now.

Start him on rehabilitation.

- Better bag some ice

for the flight.

- Shh! Everyone quiet!

This is it!

- In our World Cup

will be, Brazil.

Brazil's struggled immensely

with their team's image

ever since they lost in 1950.

Then in '54 shamefully stormed

their opponent's locker room

with broken bottles after

losing in the quarter-finals.

The big question now was could

they remake themselves?

Well, they brought in

Coach Vicente Feola

for just that purpose.

And the reports we've received

have really surprised the world.

It appears Brazil

hasn't learned their lesson.

Earlier this week,

we heard about

players injuring themselves

using that same

untrained street style

that failed them in 1950.

Clearly Feola wasn't

man enough for the task.

Expect Group 4 to go to the

Soviet Union, followed by...

It's the World Cup in Sweden

Football football football

The greatest game on earth

- Stockholm,

the jewel of the Baltic

and home to the 1958 World Cup.

Ticket queue stretching

around city blocks

for the upcoming games.

Where teams from 16 countries

will compete for the coveted

Jules Rimet trophy.

Last to arrive is Team Brazil

who only had

to play Peru to qualify

after Venezuela inexplicably

withdrew after ceding.

Practically giving

the Brazilians

a free pass to the cup.

And there's

the French National one of the favorites

to win the World Cup.

But not as favored

as the home nation, Sweden.

There they are!

Stars Gunnar Gren,

Kurt Hamrin, Sigge Parling

Nils Liedholm, Agne Simonsson.

And it seems one lucky reporter

has scored an interview

with everyone's

favorite left-winger

Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund.

- Nacka, how's your team

feeling?

- Perfect. It is our country,

our fans and our time to shine.

- How about Mexico?

- Well, no team

from outside Europe's

ever won the cup

on the European soil.

Do you really think Mexico

or these misfits there

will ever change that?

- Let's see what Team Brazil

has to say for themselves.

It is fortunate

these young athletes

play with their feet.

Because it would appear

the cat's got

this one's tongue.

And stay tuned

for a special report

on the wonders of

Swedish culture and cuisine

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