This Friday, Pelé recalled the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, the first of three he won with Brazil, in one of his few public messages since he was hospitalized in São Paulo to undergo chemotherapy.
“In this photo, it’s me and a great idol. I’m jumping high to head the ball in an attacking move against France in the semifinal of the 1958 Cup. In this game, we won 5-2”, wrote the ‘King’ in a message along with an image on your Instagram account.
Alongside stars such as Gilmar, Didí, Garrincha, Nilton Santos and Vavá, 17-year-old Pelé won the team’s first World Cup by beating the hosts 5-2 in the final, where he scored two goals and became the youngest athlete to win the main football competition.
In Chile-1962 and Mexico-1970 he won the other two titles that made him the only three-time world champion.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, 81, is admitted to a hospital in São Paulo for “the last chemotherapy session” of the year, as reported by the former attacker on December 9th.
The legendary shirt 10 stated that he would stay “a few days” at the clinic and, since then, there has been no further information about his health status.
Chemotherapy, which is often used in cancer patients, although neither Pelé nor the doctors have said if he has the disease, are part of the treatment for the colon tumor that was detected and removed in September.
The renowned Albert Einstein, where he is hospitalized, informed on Wednesday of last week that he was treating the former star, without specifying when he had been hospitalized.
Her daughter Flavia wrote last week on Instagram that her father “just evolves”. “Thanks for everyone’s love…my dad is great,” she said.
Considered by many to be the best football player in history, the ‘King’ was hospitalized for a month between August and September at the São Paulo hospital.
Since then, Pelé, who claims to be the all-time top scorer (1,283 goals, according to his count), has posted several messages guaranteeing that his health was improving.
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