Pelé, a three-time world champion with Brazil (1958, 1962 and 1970), was admitted on November 29 for a reassessment of his chemotherapy treatment for colon cancer identified last year.
A few days later, the hospital reported that he was also being treated for a lung infection, a consequence, according to his family, of a covid infection he had suffered three weeks earlier.
Concern about his situation has increased in recent days after journalistic reports that he was not responding to chemotherapy and was receiving “palliative care.”
He is sick, he is old, but at this moment he is hospitalized due to a lung infection. And when he gets better, he comes home
But two of Pelé’s daughters denied this information on Sunday, assuring that his health is not at “risk” and they were confident that he would return home when his respiratory condition improved.
Pelé “is sick, he’s old, but right now he’s hospitalized due to a lung infection. And when he gets better, he’ll come home,” Kely Nascimento said in a television interview with the channel’s Fantastico program Balloon.
“He’s not saying goodbye at the hospital,” Kely added.
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The “king” follows the World Cup in Qatar from the hospital and on Monday he wished the “Canarinha” luck, before their win against South Korea (4-1) in the round of 16, in a message on Instagram.
At the end of the game, the team dedicated the victory to Pelé by displaying a large banner on the field with his name inscribed.
“I hope he gets better as quickly as possible, and that we can comfort him with the victory and with the flag that we dedicate to him at the end” of the game, said Neymar, scorer of one of the goals.
Other soccer stars paid tribute to him from Doha, such as the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, who asked on Twitter: “Pray for the King” (Pray for the king), with the mention “Pelé”.
Over the weekend, on the great promenade along Doha Bay, dozens of drones at night drew a T-shirt with the number No. 10 and the name of Pelé, accompanied by the message “Get well soon”. early).