“I will watch the game from the hospital”: Pelé’s message on social media before Brazil-Korea for the round of 16 of the World Cup

While the Brazilian national team is just a few hours away from playing the second round Qatar 2022 World Cup Before South Korea, the South American country remains in suspense over the state of health of one of Scratch’s greatest idols, Pelé. Though he was hospitalized on Monday after his family calmed down on the state, the Brazilian star left a message on social media in support at the Selection before the duel.

“In 1958, I walked the streets thinking of keeping the promise I made to my father. I know that today many have made similar promises and also they are looking for their first World Cup“, he began the letter dedicating words to the current players of the Selection. Then, he wished them good luck.

“I will watch the game from the hospital and cheer for each and every one of you. Good luck to our Brazil!” the 82-year-old Brazilian wrote on his he official Twitter account. Sweden 1958 when I was 17where he obtained the first world cup of the five that the chosen one has in his record.

Although the news was not encouraging as soon as it became known of his hospitalization, two of Pelé’s daughters denied this Sunday that the health of the Brazilian star, hospitalized since Tuesday in São Paulo, is at risk and they showed confident that he will return home when you recover from a lung infection.

“He is ill, he is elderly, but at the moment he is hospitalized due to a lung infection. And when she’s better, she goes home,” she said. Kelly Nascimentoin a television interview on the Fantástico program of the Brazilian Globo television channel.

And he calmly added: “He’s not saying goodbye to the hospitalOne of the 82-year-old former player’s daughters explained that the infection she is currently contracting resulting from a covid-19 infection that the former player went through three weeks ago should have been hospitalised. Beyond Kelly’s word, his sister Flavia ArantesClarified this he is not in intensive care.

“He’s not in intensive care, he’s in a normal room. not at riskhe is being treated”, added his sister Flavia.

Edson Arantes do Nascimentobetter known as Pele, he was admitted on Tuesday for a reevaluation of his chemotherapy treatment against colon cancer identified last year, according to the Albert Einstein hospital where he is staying.

The clinic reported in its latest medical report on Saturday that ‘O Rei’ remains “stable” with “good response” to the respiratory infection detected this week. “Everything stays the same,” Einstein’s communication notice assured AFP on Sunday.

The Brazilian idol, who scored 77 goals in 92 games for the national team, ensured he would stay on Saturday “strong, with a lot of hope” and following the treatment “as always”, in a message on his Instagram account.

The current part was calm after what had happened. Shortly before, the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper had reported that the former player is no longer responding to chemotherapy treatment and is receiving “palliative care”, reiterating the information that ESPN Brazil had published on Wednesday. The idol’s family took care of communicating the status of the former footballer and He denied this information this Sunday.

“We are tired of receiving condolences“Flavia assured Fantastico, after the backlash she got the news. The daughter of King He added and assured that the cancer treatment “is working” and denied that he had switched to palliative care.

“It’s very unfair that they say it’s terminal. It’s not that, believe it,” Flavia asked.

Another son of Pele, Edsonwrote an emotional message on Instagram hours earlier together with a photo of his father and him when he was a child: “If there weren’t many lessons (…) there would have been many examples, thanks for everything, come on daddy, my king“.

Given the press reports on the alleged worsening, messages of concern multiplied and even in Doha Qatar paid homage by forming its face in the sky accompanied by the phrase “Pele, get well soon”.

“Hello, Pele“, he said for his part tituscoach of the Canarinha, hearing the news. The technical assistant of the Selection was added to this message Caesar Sampaio who also asked about him: “We ask everyone, regardless of religion, to do so pray for him“.

To the messages of support were added a hundred fans of Santos, football cradle of Pelé, They met this Sunday in front of the clinic where the former player remains hospitalized and his recovery has been prayed for.

Source: AFP