Audio By Carbonatix
Pele was one of many who missed the first half of Brazil’s World Cup match against Mexico yesterday after being caught in traffic as fans rushed to get home before kickoff.
“For the first time I had to listen to the first half of a Brazil game inside a car, we were stuck in traffic,” the Brazilian soccer great told Globo TV.
Widely regarded as the greatest ever player, Pele at least missed no goals with the tournament favourites being held to a 0-0 draw in Fortaleza.
Much of Brazil ground to a halt for the match, the hosts’ second of the tournament, with the second largest city Sao Paulo suffering near record traffic jams as scores of residents rushed back home to watch.
Sao Paulo transportation authorities said that at its peak, 302 km of roads and highways were backed up in the city. The all time high was 344 km on May 23.
Latest Stories
-
Rescuers search for more than 20 trapped after Philippines building collapse
8 minutes -
Publican AI and the A–B–C Corridor
9 minutes -
Blast targeting train kills at least 20 in Pakistan
31 minutes -
Attacks on Ebola centres intensify in eastern DRC amid outbreak fears
40 minutes -
‘My heart is shattered beyond words’ – Choirmaster mourns wife Beverly Afaglo
1 hour -
East Africa wants to curb imports of used clothes, but it’s not easy
1 hour -
California declares emergency as fire crews race to contain toxic leak
1 hour -
Social Democrats’ Ennis elected in Dublin Central by-election
1 hour -
At least 82 killed in Chinese coal mine explosion
1 hour -
Choirmaster announces death of wife Beverly Afaglo
1 hour -
Bank boss sorry after describing workers as ‘lower value human capital’
1 hour -
India’s parody ‘cockroach party’ claims website has been blocked
2 hours -
I survived a missile strike in the Strait of Hormuz, but my friend has not been found
2 hours -
Man killed in shark attack off Australia’s north-east coast
2 hours -
Girl raped by boys spared jail tells BBC judge’s decision was like ‘rock in my face’
2 hours