Some 75 Santos fans are stationed at the Sao Paulo health center where the former soccer player is admitted and pray for the health of the legendary striker
A group of Brazilian fans held a vigil this Sunday in front of the Sao Paulo hospital where former soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento, ‘Pelé’, has been hospitalized since Tuesday for a respiratory infection to express their support and ask for the improvement of his Health. The nearly 75 fans who participated in the act attended the Albert Einstein Hospital summoned by the Torcida Jovem do Santosone of the main organized fans of the club in which the three-time world champion was immortalized, but several admitted to being fans of other Brazilian teams.
“Pele is not from Santos. We hugged him because he wore the Santos shirt but he is not exclusive to Santos. It is from all clubs; is from Brazil; It belongs to the world, and that is why we must revere it.. He is above all earthly things. He is from another planet,” the financial market operator Marcus Bispo, one of those present at the surveillance, told EFE.
Bispo added that all Brazilian fans are concerned with Pele’s current state of health. He has affirmed that for this reason the followers are “here with a tight heart and Praying that God gives eternal life to the king; May it give you the strength to win this battle, like all the others you have already won”.
In addition to a giant flag of the Torcida Jovem do Santos decorated with an image of Pelé, fans displayed signs wishing him well in front of the hospital and “long live the king.” On Saturday, before the multiplication of messages from around the world expressing concern for his health and wishing him improvements, Pelé himself published a reassuring text on social networks in which He said he is “strong” and that he is undergoing treatment for colon cancer that he was diagnosed in 2021. “My friends, I want to keep you all calm and with positive thinking. I am strong, with a lot of hope and I continue my treatment as always,” said the 82-year-old former soccer player.
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With his message, the man considered by many to be the best footballer of all time came up against a version published by the newspaper ‘Folha de Sao Paulo’, which ensures that Pelé is no longer responding to the chemotherapy treatment he is undergoing, for what his doctors chose to suspend him and offer him palliative care. Shortly before Pelé himself spoke, A medical bulletin released by Albert Einstein reported that the former soccer player is stable and responding well to the procedures with which the respiratory infection is being treated.
The ex-soccer player’s health has deteriorated in recent years also due to other causes, such as spinal, hip and knee problems, which have reduced his mobility and forced him to undergo surgery, as well as suffering a kidney crisis. It has drastically reduced his public appearancesAlthough he remains very active on social networks.