Pele has paid tribute to Gordon Banks on the day England's World Cup-winning goalkeeper passed away.The family of Banks announced on Tuesday morning that the 81-year-old had passed peacefully.
Banks' most famous moment in a football shirt was arguably the "greatest ever save", playing for world champions England against Brazil in 1970.
Almost 50 years on from the famous stop, Pele has paid his respects."For many people, their memory of Gordon Banks is defined by the save he made against me in 1970," he wrote on Facebook. "I understand why.
"The save was one of the best I have ever seen - in real life and in all the thousands of games I have watched since.
"When you are a footballer, you know straight away how well you have hit the ball. I hit that header exactly as I had hoped. Exactly where I wanted it to go. And I was ready to celebrate.
"But then this man, Banks, appeared in my sight, like a kind of blue phantom, is how I described him. He came from nowhere and he did something I didn't feel was possible. He pushed my header, somehow, up and over. And I couldn't believe what I saw. Even now when I watch it l, I can't believe it. I can't believe how he moved so far, so fast.
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