Original sentence: (Many Argentines believe that FIFA hinted that it would grant the request and then reversed course, but FIFA's official line is that no such agreement was ever indicated).An ill-timed tackle by goalkeeper Andoni Goikoetxea sent him off the pitch for almost one year.In 2001, the Argentine Football Association asked FIFA for authorization to retire jersey number 10, as an homage to Maradona, what was ultimately not authorized by FIFA.Right after that, FIFA appointed a "family of soccer" committee, which voted in favor of Pelé alongside the Argentine.Some Argentines' interpreted this brash gesture as a confirmation of their belief that Maradona is the kind that "tells it like it is", while Pelé is the more likely to pursue conciliatory approaches to such affairs
Edited sentence: An ill-timed tackle by Andoni Goikoetxea sent him off the pitch for almost one year.FIFA hastily appointed a "family of soccer" committee, which voted in favor of Pelé alongside the Argentine.In 2001, the Argentine Football Association asked FIFA for authorization to retire jersey number 10, as an homage to Maradona.Many Argentines believe that FIFA hinted that it would grant the request and then reversed course, but FIFA's official line is that no such agreement was ever indicated.This brash gesture confirmed Argentines' belief that Maradona "tells it like it is" while Pelé is a docile mouthpiece for FIFA bosses Joao Havelange and (later) Sepp Blatter