Pele: Birth of a Legend Page #5

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for the pro team now.

For the pro team.

And here's the list

for the junior team, boys.

Junior team.

- Yeah! Whoo!

- And the youth team.

Okay, congratulations, everyone.

Welcome to the club.

Now, shower up.

Come on, here we go!

- "Edson 'Dico' Arantes

do Nascimento."

- Now, the side-flip

is for accuracy.

But for power, use the instep

here, with the laces out.

Not the toe. Laces out.

You see what happens when you

play with that primitive style?

We lose.

Watch how Hungary beats us

in the '54 quarter final.

No showmanship,

no beating their mark.

They just master the formations.

- Let's go, Dico!

Let's go, Dico!

Let's go!

- Man, let's go. Let's go.

Come on, Dico! Come on, Dico!

Come on, Dico! Let's go!

- Let's go!

Let's go, team!

- Come on!

- Laces out. Laces out.

- Come on, man.

- Boy.

- He never scores.

- Well, well.

Leaving so soon?

- Mr. de Brito?

What are you doing here?

- I was going to ask

the same of you.

- I'm no good, Mr. de Brito.

I can't play

like the other guys.

And if I don't

go back to school now

I'll end up cleaning toilets.

- Mm-hmm.

And what's wrong with that?

- Cleaning toilets?

- No.

What's wrong with not playing

the way the other guys do?

- Coach says the way

I play is primitive.

- It is primitive.

It has a long and rich history.

- Then why does coach hate it?

- Well, uh..

...it all started

in the beginning

of the 16th Century.

- Huh?

- Come on.

- If you don't wanna know,

I'll...

- No, no, no, Mr. De Brito.

I do wanna know.

Please. Tell me.

- Okay, like I was saying

it was the beginning

of the 16th Century.

The Portuguese arrived

to Brazil with African slaves.

But the Africans' will

was strong.

And many escaped to the jungle.

To protect themselves

the runaway slaves

called upon the ginga.

The foundation of Capoeira,

the martial art of war.

When slavery

was finally abolished

the Capoeiristas

came out of the jungle

only to find that Capoeira

was outlawed

throughout the land.

They saw football

as a perfect way

to practice the ginga

without being arrested.

It was the ultimate

form of ginga.

And before long

the ginga evolved, adapted

until it was

no longer just ours.

But the rhythm

within all Brazilians.

But by the 1950 World Cup

most believed our ginga style

was to blame for the loss

and turned against

anything associated

with our African heritage.

And just like your coach

has been trying to remove ginga

from your play..

...we've been trying

to remove it from our self

as a people ever since.

But the ginga

is very strong in you, Dico.

So you can

either show us what happens

when you have the courage

to embrace who you truly are.

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