Following Chelsea’s victory over Paris Saint-Germain in Sunday’s FIFA Club World Cup final, US President Donald Trump suddenly seized center stage. Instead of leaving the stage alongside FIFA president Gianni Infantino, the 79-year-old chose to remain standing next to Reece James throughout the trophy lift.
“I knew he was going to be here, but I didn’t know he was going to be on the stand when we lifted the trophy,” Cole Palmer, who won Man of the Match against PSG and is currently a remote candidate for the coveted Ballon d’Or award, continued. Yes, I was a little perplexed.
However, Trump seemed to take pleasure in every element of the final, including the actual game. “Gianni is a friend of mine, and he’s done such a great job with the league and with soccer—or, as they would say, ‘football,’ but I guess we call it soccer,” the President stated at halftime. I doubt it would be easy to make that modification. However, it’s entertaining to watch, and this is a minor upset that we’re witnessing today, isn’t it?
Trump Names Football’s GOAT
US President didn’t name Messi or Ronaldo
A DAZN reporter questioned Trump after the game about which football player he believes is the best in the history of the game. Trump chose the game’s first real worldwide superstar instead of current players Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, who will always be mentioned in the GOAT discussion.
“They brought a player named Pele to play many years ago when I was young, and he played for a team called the Cosmos,” Trump stated. Pele was playing in this stadium, which was an older iteration of the MetLife Stadium, and it was crowded.
I don’t want to date myself, but I was a young man back then, and it was a long time ago. Pele was amazing, and I came to watch him. Therefore, I’ll probably take the old-fashioned route and state that Pele was amazing, which would be equivalent to saying Babe Ruth. View the video below:
Pele: Football’s First Global Superstar
Arguably the sport’s most legendary name
Pele is unquestionably among the best football players of all time. On our list of the greatest players in history, the Brazilian legend, who died in 2022 at the age of 82, is presently ranked third, but he might have easily been ranked first or second.
One of the most well-known athletes of all time, Pele is still the youngest player to ever win the World Cup (in 1958, at the age of 17 years and 249 days), and his name will always be associated with the beautiful game.
Pele played his final few years with the New York Cosmos in the mid-1970s, but he spent the great portion of his career with Santos. It is certain that he made a lasting influence on New Yorkers, including Trump.
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