00:00An epic, an iconic shirt worn by probably the world's most famed player.
00:08Steve, tell me about this shirt.
00:10Pelé coming to play in my city was a rare occasion
00:14and the media was building up for this possibility of Pelé scoring the 1000th goal.
00:19If Pelé had scored 999 goals prior to this game,
00:24we obviously expected Pelé to score the 1000th goal,
00:28which he proceeded to do.
00:31He tried not to score this goal because the next game would be Maracana,
00:36where he would be acclaimed as a player and it would be internationally recognised.
00:44But there was a penalty and everybody wanted Pelé to score it.
00:49Pelé actually tried not to score it.
00:52Why?
00:53I think there was probably the directors of the club who wanted him to save this goal for Maracana,
01:00but the crowd did not let him not take the penalty.
01:05And Carlos Alberto, who was a contemporary of his at the time, told him,
01:10Pelé, you'd better take this because if you don't, we're going to be in trouble after this match.
01:15So he proceeded to take the penalty and score the goal.
01:18And obviously, you as a 10-year-old boy, to now, you feel, Steve,
01:27it's time to let this shirt, I suppose, make its mark on the international football scene of collecting.
01:36It's a shirt which, like no other,
01:38achieved a thousand goals of the player who it was worn within.
01:43And what's nice, Steve, it appears to be in very much that original condition
01:48to the day it was worn.
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