The story of the day Maradona met Pelé! Stunning Masterpiece of PHOTO NEGATIVE Originally Taken in that First Ever Meeting of Pele & Maradona at Brazil, April 9, 1979!

Before the comings and goings of the Ten with the King, there was a summit meeting facilitated by El Gráfico: Diego Maradona traveled to Brazil to meet Pelé. The chronicle and images of a historic moment in world football.

The clasped hands are the epitome of everything. Pelé has put down his guitar and is currently giving Diego advice. They are both holding hands. Diego's are trembling and emotional; Pelé's are serene and peaceful. I see Don Maradona's eyes nodding and weeping as the king takes off his crown of dollars and appears as humble and sincere as he rarely appears. How long has it been since this man last managed to get a tip a day from him to laugh, sing, relax, talk about whatever he wants? Always traveling (in an hour he'll be catching a plane to Santos), always signing business documents, divorce hearings, buying, selling, filming, recording, reporting, coming and going; never being there. That's why this dark-skinned friend, who watches him in astonishment, will later assure us that he'd never seen him like this, so open and spontaneous, so giving and happy, so Edson Arantes do Nascimento , God only knows how many light years ago he was... That's why those clasped hands are the epitome of everything.

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