FIFA president Gianni Infantino said he was “dismayed” after he was criticized for posing for selfies just a few meters behind Pele's open coffin. Brazilians flooded the streets to say a final farewell to late football legend Pele, widely considered the greatest player in history. FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has said he is “dismayed” after the criticism he received for taking a selfie in front of the late Pele’s coffin with Pele’s former teammates including Lima. Infantino came under intense scrutiny by netizens after seeing his selfie. Netizens called the FIFA boss “classless”, “disgrace” and “horrible” Infantino in his defense came out and said: “asked to do a selfie of all of us together but they didn’t know how to do it”. “So, to be helpful, I took the phone of one of them and took the photo of all of us for him,” he added. Talking further about the criticism Infantino said, “If being helpful to a team-mate of Pele creates criticism I’m happy to take it and will continue to be helpful wherever I can to those having contributed to writing legendary pages of football.” “I have so much respect and admiration for Pele and for that ceremony yesterday that I would never do anything that would be disrespectful in any way whatsoever,” he added. Pelé was buried in his final resting place on Tuesday as millions of fans in Brazil and around the world mourned the sports legend. Infantino confirmed that he would demand that all 211 FIFA member associations name Pele on one of the stadiums in their country, with the aim of perpetuating the name of the late star, who is still the only player in history to have won the World Cup three times, and introducing him to new generations.