'A lack of respect': Brazil stars fail to show up to Pelé's funeral

RESPECTS: People enter Vila Belmiro stadium where Pelé was lying in state. Pic: AP Photo/Matias Delacroix

Some of Brazil’s best-known footballers have faced a furious backlash as fans and pundits questioned why they had failed to attend ceremonies bidding farewell to Pelé.

Hundreds of thousands of people waited for hours under a burning sun on Monday to file past the recently deceased soccer legend’s coffin at Santos’ Vila Belmiro ground.