According to the organizer, Bailey, who visited Hong Kong as honorary chairman of the new york cosmos team, made this humble confession when attending the luncheon of the American Chamber of Commerce here on the 8th. He said: "I come and go freely on the court, but as honorary chairman, I am at a loss."
Last August, Pele was invited by his club, new york cosmos, as honorary chairman when he retired. The road to rebuilding this traditional North American power officially began with his trip to Asia on the 3rd of this month. Although Bailey said that he had no clue, the gold-lettered signboard of the king of the ball has brought considerable attention to the team.
In addition to charity and youth activities, the important task of the ball king leading a team to visit Asia is to lay a market foundation for the reconstruction of the club, and meeting with business elites is an important step.
The luncheon of the day also arranged a youth questioning session. Like the previous day's press conference, the topic that everyone is more keen on is the king of the ball itself.
Bailey said that the most important goal of his career was neither an upside-down gold hook nor a header in the 1970 World Cup final, but a penalty kick he scored at the Sao Paulo State Championship in Brazil, which was the1000th goal of his career.
"When I put the ball on the white spot, my teammates retreated to the middle circle, and they all expected me to score. I felt nervous and succeeded. This is a wonderful moment. " He said, "That penalty was my peak."
Speaking of goalkeepers, Bailey praised the famous English goalkeeper Banks as the strongest "opponent". The latter's stunning save in the 1970 World Cup solved Bailey's header in a dead corner. The king of the ball said, "I'm crazy." Banks went down in football history.
New york cosmos's trip to Asia also ended on the same day.
Bailey helped the Cosmos team win the North American Football League championship in three seasons. However, after he retired, the attractiveness of the team and the league decreased significantly, and the result was that they closed down one after another. After a lapse of 25 years, Kensley, a British businessman and former vice chairman of Tottenham Hotspur Club, set out to rebuild the team and plans to land in Major League Soccer on 20 13.