Brazilian Footballer Pele Once Pause The War In Nigeria

It turns out that the sport has a huge political force that can be directed at inciting or war, or the creation of the world.

Reputation Football Association cannot call it a great power, bearing peace. For example, a qualifying round of the World Cup 1970, played a key role in the beginning of the so-called "football war" between El Salvador and Honduras.

But football has undeniable ability to bring people together. In fact, a football match was stopped one of the most brutal conflicts of XXth century the civil war in Nigeria. The tragic civil war between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the unrecognized republic of Biafra led to international condemnation and actually played a key role in the development of a modern system of humanitarian aid. in spite of this, the worldwide group of people failed to persuade the parties to agree to an armistice. However, the international community is not Pele.

In 1969, the football star was supposed to visit Nigeria with a series of friendly matches with his Brazilian team Santos. About Match agreed very advance, so the Brazilians, for financial reasons they decided not to cancel. While Santos was so good that no longer participates in the championships in South America and started traveling the world, getting a huge amount for the defeat of the local teams. And the World Cup winner Pele, of course, was the best player in the world. Therefore, it is clear that no one wanted to miss this spectacle because of such things as ethnic war. Both parties quickly agreed to a 48 hour truce, and both sides reported the presence of a match, with some people brought with them to the stadium chairs to organize the extra space. But 48 hours later, they returned to killing each other.

Fortunately, there is less depressing version of the soccer world. In 2005, the Ivorian star Didier Drogba took advantage of the wave of euphoria caused by the success of the national team in the qualifying round of the World Cup of 2006, to make a passionate appeal for an end to the brutal civil war, to destroy his country. The ceasefire was announced during the week.