Historic picture: 1986 World Cup photo of Maradona,Pele and Platini.
1.Maradona campaigned against drugs
2.Pele stood for the rights of the children &
3.Platini against corruption
Time passed by :
1.Maradona became a drug addict.
2.Pele refused to accept his biological daughter Sandra Regina Arantes, who was born as the result of his affair with a housemaid (in 1964). Arantes filed a lawsuit against Pele. She won the case with DNA tests results and later wrote a book, "The Daughter the King Did Not Want", that described her mother’s affair. And …
- Platini was banned from football administration for corruption.
Two important lessons:
Nobody is perfect, so humans will always be human;
Appearances and sweet talks can be deceptive.
We need to stand for our calls and values or beliefs
We need to seek God’s guidance against hypocrisy of our thoughts and actions.