Brazil’s head coach Tite speaks throughout a press convention on the eve of the group G of World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Cameroon in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (AP Photograph/Andre Penner)
Doha: Brazil coach Tite stated Thursday his ideas have been with Pele after the soccer icon was hospitalised in Sao Paulo for a “reevaluation” of his remedy following a colon tumour final 12 months.
“All of us wish to want good well being to Pele, our best consultant, the extraterrestrial who’s terrestrial,” Tite stated earlier than a press convention in Doha the place the five-time winners play Cameroon within the World Cup on Friday.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento — Pele’s actual title — was admitted to hospital “for a reevaluation of his chemotherapy remedy for the colon tumour recognized in September 2021,” his medical crew stated in an announcement.
Pele’s daughter Kely Nascimento wrote in an Instagram submit that there was “no emergency.”
Thought of by many the best footballer of all time, Pele has suffered from more and more fragile well being lately.
He has been present process common chemotherapy therapies since being recognized with colon most cancers final 12 months.
The 82-year-old performed in three Brazil World Cup-winning groups, in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
Brazil have already certified for the final 16 of this 12 months’s World Cup in Qatar after successful their first two video games, however they nonetheless require a draw to clinch first place of their group.
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