The football legend was caught up in near record hold-ups in Sao Paulo as fans rushed home to catch the game on TV
Brazil legend Pel missed the first half of his country's match against Mexico after getting caught in a giant traffic jam.
The 73-year-old was one of many to miss part of the game in Sao Paulo as thousands of fans clogged the roads as they battled to get home to watch it on TV.
"For the first time I had to listen to the first half of a Brazil game inside a car, we were stuck in traffic," the Brazilian soccer great told Globo TV.
Widely regarded as the greatest ever player, Pel at least missed no goals with the tournament favourites being held to a 0-0 draw in Fortaleza.
Much of Brazil ground to a halt for the match, the hosts' second of the tournament, with the second largest city Sao Paulo suffering near record traffic jams as scores of residents rushed back home to watch.
Sao Paulo transportation authorities said that at its peak, 302 km of roads and highways were backed up in the city. The all time high was 344 km on May 23.
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Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2014/groups-teams/world-cup-2014-pel-misses-3713451
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