Kely Cristina Nascimento, one of Pelé's daughters, posted a photo of the Brazilian legend suffering from cancer on Friday night in his hospital bed in Sao Paulo.
“
We are still there, in the fight and in the faith.
One more night together
,” she wrote alongside the photo, posted to Instagram, of her hugging her 82-year-old bedridden father, only one side of whose face can be seen.
On Wednesday, the Albert Einstein Hospital, where the only winner of three World Cups is, announced that his colon cancer was "
progressing
" and that he needed "
greater care to treat kidney failure and heart
."
A few minutes before the publication of this press release, two of Pelé's daughters, Kely Nascimento and Flavia Arantes, had announced on their Instagram accounts that their father would be spending Christmas in the hospital.
Last Sunday, Kely posted a picture of Flavia massaging their father's left foot while he watched the World Cup final on TV.
After the match, the "
futebol
" icon congratulated the Argentinian Lionel Messi for his "
deserved
" coronation against France (3-3 ap, 4-2 tab).
During this World Cup, he saw Neymar equal his record of goals with the Seleçao (77).
The man who many consider to be the greatest footballer of all time has received many messages of support since his hospitalization, in particular from French star Kylian Mbappé, who called for "
praying for the King
".
Pelé had been admitted to Albert Einstein Hospital on November 29 for a reassessment of his chemotherapy treatment after a colon tumor was detected in September 2021.
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