15. JUN 1975.
Košarkaši Jugoslavije postali su šampioni Evrope pobedom nad reprezentacijom SSSR-a, pr- vi put na domaćem terenu u Be- ogradu. / The Yugoslav national basketball team became Eu- ropean champions with victory over the USSR, for the first time on home soil, in Belgrade.
29. JUN/JUNE 1958. Pele i prelepa igra
Brazil je pobedio domać ina Švedsku sa 5 : 2 i osvojio svoje prvo Svetsko prvenstvo. Na turnir su stigli kao favoriti i nisu razočarali oduševivši svet svojom spek- takularnom igrom, koja se često nazivala „prelepom igrom“. Zvezda prvenstva bio je mladi igrač sredine terena po imenu Edson Arantes do Nascimento, po- znat širom sveta kao Pele. Sin profesionalnog fudba- lera dobio je ime po američkom pronalazaču Toma- su Edisonu. Njegova majka, gledajuci muža kako se bori da bi zaradio novac, nije želela da i Pele igra fud- bal. Ipak, njegova je volja pobedila, a sa 14 ga je otkrio De Brito, koji je mladog strelca uzeo pod svoje. Pe- le je prvi nastup za reprezentaciju imao sa 16 godina, a na međunarodnoj sceni debitovao je na Svetskom prvenstvu 1958. u Švedskoj sa 17. Pele se nije pojavio sve dok u meču trece grupe Brazil nije zaigrao protiv Sovjetskog Saveza, a prvi pogodak stigao je u četvrt-
finalu protiv Velsa. Ipak, tek u polu- finalu protiv Francuske je zaista po- kazao šta ume. Postigao je tri gola, a francuski tim je bio u šoku zbog ne- mogucnosti da zadrži jednog 17-go- dišnjaka. Pele i Vava su u finalu da- li po dva gola, a nakon što su Brazilci podigli pehar kao najbolji na svetu, ceo tim je zaplakao. Brazilci su po- novo osvojili titulu šampiona sveta 1962. i 1970, što im je dalo pravo da trajno zadrže Kup Žila Rimea kao prva zemlja koja je osvojila tri svetska ku- pa. Godine 1999. Međunarodni olim- pijski komitet proglasio je Pelea za jednog od najboljih sportista veka. PELÉ AND THE BEAUTIFUL GAME Brazil defeated host nation Sweden
band struggle to earn a living playing the game, disco- uraged him from playing, but Pelé's will won out, and at the age of 14 he was 'discovered' by de Brito, who took the young scorer under his wing. Pelé earned his first national team cap at 16, and made his debut on the in- ternational stage at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, at the age of just 17. Pelé's first appearance in the tournament didn't come until Brazil’s third group match against the Soviet Uni- on, while his first goal came in the quarter-final aga- inst Wales. However, Pelé truly came into his own in the semi-final against France. He scored three goals from his left side, and left the French team dumbfo- unded at their inability to contain this 17 year old. Pe- lé and Vava scored two goals each in the final. The enti- re team wept upon receiving the title of the best team in the world. Brazil went on to win the World Cup again in 1962 and 1970, earning them the right to retain the Jules Rimet Cup permanently, as the first country to win three Wor- ld Cups. The International Olympic Committee hono- ured Pelé in 1999, naming him among the best athletes of the century.
Debitovao je na Svetskom prvenstvu u Švedskoj sa samo 17 godina His debut was at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, at the age of just 17
5-2 to win its first World Cup. Brazil came into the tour- nament as favourites and didn't disappoint, thrilling the world with their spectacular play, which was often re- ferred to as the “beautiful game.” The star of the tournament was an undersized midfiel- der named Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who's today known the world over as Pelé. The son of a professional footballer, he was named after American inventor Tho- mas Edison. Pelé's mother, who had watched her hus-
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