Brazil and the world of soccer spend hours of sadness and expectation due to the delicate state of health of Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento).
‘O Rei’ is not having a good time: at the age of 82, he is fighting for his life at the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, where he has been since last November 29, as it was reported that he was no longer responding to the chemotherapy he received for cancer of the colon that metastasized to various organs and presented “swelling” throughout his body. In addition, she suffered from “kidney and heart dysfunctions.”
In the last few hours, Edinho, Pelé’s son who was a goalkeeper, arrived in Brazil, who traveled from the United States as an emergency to meet with his relatives and be with ‘O Rei’ in what would be his last hours.
“Father, my strength is yours,” was Edinho’s message in a post on his Instagram account, along with a photo in which he shakes hands with Pelé, who is being treated at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo.
However, the images that shook the world are of Pelé’s granddaughters, who appear together with the greatest Brazilian soccer player of all time, holding a mobile phone in what would be a video call, saying goodbye to other relatives.
