Editing Pelé (section)

=== 1962 World Cup ===

[[File:Italy v Brazil, 12 May 1963 - Trapattoni and Pelé.jpg|thumb|upright|Pelé with Brazil taking on Italy's [[Giovanni Trapattoni]] at the [[San Siro]], Milan, in 1963]]

When the 1962 World Cup started, Pelé was considered the best player in the world.<ref name="ifhof">{{cite web|title=PELE – International Football Hall of Fame|url=http://www.ifhof.com/hof/pele.asp|website=ifhof.com|access-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182600/http://www.ifhof.com/hof/pele.asp|archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> In the first match of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], Pelé assisted the first goal and then scored the second one, after a run past four defenders, to go up 2–0.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://remezcla.com/features/sports/pele-legendary-assault-on-mexico-defense-1962-world-cup/|title=A Look Back at Pelé's Legendary Takedown of Mexico's Defense at the 1962 World Cup|last=Kunti|first=Samindra|date=23 October 2015|website=Remezcla|access-date=29 July 2017|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108082243/https://remezcla.com/features/sports/pele-legendary-assault-on-mexico-defense-1962-world-cup/|url-status=live}}</ref> He got injured in the next game while attempting a long-range shot against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Downie|first1=Andrew|title=Brazilians look to Pele and 1962 for Cup-winning omen|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-world-bra-pele-neymar-idINKBN0FB0QO20140706|access-date=16 July 2017|work=Reuters|date=6 July 2014|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108080906/https://www.reuters.com/?edition-redirect=in|url-status=dead}}</ref> This would keep him out of the rest of the tournament, and forced coach [[Aymoré Moreira]] to make his only lineup change of the tournament. The substitute was [[Amarildo Tavares da Silveira|Amarildo]], who performed well for the rest of the tournament. However, it was Garrincha who would take the leading role and carry Brazil to their second World Cup title, after beating Czechoslovakia at the final in Santiago.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Glenn|title=Pele: The Greatest|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/pele-the-greatest-480876.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/pele-the-greatest-480876.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 May 2011|work=The Independent|date=3 June 2006}}</ref> At the time, only players who appeared in the final were eligible for a medal before FIFA regulations were changed in 1978 to include the entire squad, with Pelé receiving his winner's medal retroactively in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title= Pele and Greaves to get World Cup winners medals|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/nov/25/newsstory.sport9|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130928205102/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/nov/25/newsstory.sport9|archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=live|work=The Guardian|date=25 November 2007}}</ref>