Pele, The three-time world champion with the Brazilian national team and multiple winner with the legendary Brazilian Santos, is fighting for his life at the moment due to the multiple complications that have arisen in recent days after he was diagnosed with colon cancer in September 2021.
The world of football calls for his recovery, after being rushed to the hospital for a month. Among the many messages that he has received through social networks, stands out that of one of his sons, Edinho, former goalkeeper and new coach of the Londrina de San Pablo club.
“Father, my strength is yours”, posted on his Instagram account, a phrase that accompanies a moving image clinging to his hand. The location, the Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital, where ‘O Rei’ has been located since last November 30th.
Your eldest daughter, Kelly Christine, He also spoke on the networks. “Another Night with Him”, she wrote in a new Instagram post Sunday evening, along with a photo with the brothers and family taken at the clinic. They spent Christmas there.
“Even in sadness we just have to be grateful. Thank you for being together, thank you for the love of all of you, thank you for being here now with him. Merry Christmas!”He added.
Currently the former Brazilian footballer is in a common room as his health deteriorates day by day and Brazil, despite holding on to one last drop of hope, brace themselves for the worst news.
He is Brazil’s biggest sports idol and one of the best footballers of all time, which is why the neighboring country is preparing to bid him a farewell worthy of such a legend.
Images of the preparations for the funeral that will be held at the Santos do Brasil stadium, located in the Villa Belmiro area, have leaked on social media.
Al Peixe won 20 titles, including two Copa Libertadores and two Intercontinental Cups, and scored 643 goals in 663 PJs, a record for a single club until Lionel Messi surpassed it last year (672 out of 778 with FC Barcelona).
The club where he made his debut and forged the legend he would become will also put a crown on his shirt next season, in tribute to the idol. The local press reported it.
During the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Pelé received various gifts and wishes for improvement from football stars. As the family showed, he watched the World Cup on TV in his hospital room and saw the poster that Brazilian soccer players displayed with his name after beating South Korea in the round of 16.
So after removing the Canarinha in the quarter-finals and the frustration of the dream of the six-time Scudetto, he dedicated a large post to his ‘Seleçao’.
In turn, last Sunday he congratulated Lionel Messi and the Argentina national team on their third world title after the victory in the final against France and remembered Maradona. “Of course Diego is smiling now”, He wrote and hasn’t posted on his social media since.
Source: Clarin
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