In the heart of an eastern Ukrainian city shaken by echoes of guns stands the world’s first shrine to football legend Pele that miraculously survived nearly two years of war.
The creator of the unlikely Lugansk museum painted in Brazilian gold and green and adorned by a bronze statue of Pele and a giant football at its front door is a humble 55-year-old balding man who follows his hero’s example by never lighting up a cigarette or drinking alcohol. “Family, football and Pele. That is my life,” says museum founder Nikolai Khudobin as he sits surrounded by dozens of tributes to …read more
Source: Mediamax Network
