The film tells the legendary story of Bailey's counterattack from a poor boy in the slums and eventually growing into the king of football.
Bailey was born in a slum, and the slum means poverty and hunger as its name implies. Although we can see today that many stars have come out of the slum, in most cases, a child from a slum wants to change his life by football. Still very unrealistic, especially in Bailey's time.
And Bailey is black, which means he will suffer inexplicable racial discrimination. Even at first, "Bailey" was a name given to him by others to make fun of him, representing the deep-rooted racial class. But Bailey was unmoved and never gave up his ideal: to be a professional football player.
At that time, football was popular in Brazil, but the Brazilian football team lost the championship in the local World Cup in 1950. Pele was determined to help Brazil win the World Cup. He told his father what he thought.
But his father is also very embarrassed. Here is the second difficulty for Pele to become a professional player: family conflicts. Pele's father used to be a professional player, but an injury caused him to retire with hatred. Of course, he retains his love for football, but he also hopes that Pele can change his life through reading and learning these conventional channels. After all, he wants to rely on football. Getting out of poverty is still too unreliable.
More importantly, Bailey's mother is adamantly opposed to Bailey playing football, because she has seen her husband lose his job due to injury, and of course she is reluctant to let her son continue to take risks on this road.
Of course, Bailey's mother's consideration is understandable. Little Bailey had to accept the reality temporarily, helping people to clean shoes on the street to subsidize the household, and follow his father to clean the toilet. But he still hasn't given up his dream. He will seize all the opportunities he can take to play football. He turns socks into cloth balls as footballs, and even uses mangoes to practice because he believes that there is the soul of football in his heart.
Pele's talent and perseverance impressed his father, and he began to support Pele to play football. And decided to teach all his skills to Bailey, he encouraged Bailey to use skills bravely and not be afraid of defending players, which helped Bailey to develop very skilled skills from an early age.
Then Bailey's enthusiasm for football finally moved his mother. She no longer stopped Bailey from playing, and even contacted the coach of a professional club so that Bailey could receive professional training. There is no doubt that it was the mother's decision that changed Bailey's life.
After that, things seemed to be a bit of a natural progression, with Pele showing amazing talent after professional training, and he quickly got into the game and then became a professional player again.
But for Pele's dream journey, this is just the beginning. After several years of hard work, he entered the national team and had excellent performances in friendly matches, but Pele, who was only 17 years old at the time, would definitely not be optimistic. People I don't believe that a young boy can contribute to the Brazil team.
Pele, however, fulfilled his promise, with a stunning performance in the World Cup final, helping Brazil regain the World Cup title. Even as he scored his second goal, opposing players and opposing fans in the stands began to applaud him.
Pele's success is a huge encouragement to the football world, many children follow his example, they play hard and hope to be as successful as Pele one day. In his native Brazil, Pele is known as the god of football, because Pele's performance has helped the country regain its confidence! Then the sport of football also began to set off a wider trend in Brazil. Today, the Brazilian team has won five World Cup championships, and Pele himself has won the Remit Cup three times (the World Cup trophy before the Hercules Cup. In 1970 Began to be permanently saved by the Brazilian team).
Dad looks proud after seeing Bailey's success on TV
Bailey's success has also encouraged blacks who are widely discriminated against. There are many children in Africa who regard Bailey as their idol, and even when Bailey's team went to play in Africa, the local army deliberately ceased fire. Come make way for Bailey.
There is no doubt that Pele grew up from an ordinary boy. He suffered many setbacks on the road to become a football star, but the firm perseverance in his heart has always supported his football dream. Coincidentally, this year, the Brazilian team won the first victory. Sixty years have passed since the World Cup champion. Today's Pele may have become the "crow's mouth" that people often ridicule, but his achievements will be permanently engraved in the history of football.
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