FILE – Brazilian Pele attends the 2018 soccer World Cup draw at the Kremlin in Moscow, December 1, 2017. Brazilian soccer great Pel? was hospitalised in Sao Paulo to regulate the medication in his fight against a colon tumour, his daughter said on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Kely Nascimento added that there was “no emergency” concerning her 82-year-old father’s health. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Brazil coach Tite sent a message of support to Pel? from the World Cup on Thursday.
Pel? was hospitalized Tuesday in Sao Paulo to regulate the medication in his fight against a colon tumour, his daughter Kely Nascimento said. She added that there was “no emergency” concerning her 82-year-old father’s health.
“We all want to wish good health to Pel?,” said Tite, whose given name is Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, in Qatar a day before Brazil’s next match against Cameroon.
Brazil, seeking its first World Cup title in two decades, reached the round of 16 after two group matches. The team needs a draw against Cameroon to finish first in Group G.
“(Pel?) is our biggest extraterrestrial representative,” Tite joked.
Pel? was listed in stable condition after arriving at the hospital “for a reevaluation of the chemotherapeutic treatment of the tumour.” The hospital said the former great “has full control of his vital functions” and was not taken to intensive or semi-intensive care units for treatment.
