Brazilian soccer nice Pelé might be cheering on his nation’s nationwide staff on Monday in its World Cup sport in opposition to South Korea from the hospital, the place he’s being handled for a respiratory an infection aggravated by COVID-19.

“In 1958, I walked the streets thinking about fulfilling the promise I made to my father,” the three-time World Cup winner wrote on Twitter, alongside {a photograph} of a then-17-year-old Pelé. “I know that today many have made similar promises and are also seeking their first World Cup. I’ll be watching the game from hospital and I’ll be rooting for each one of you. Good luck!” The 82-year-old Pelé was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday however is underneath no imminent threat of demise, in line with a number of relations.

The soccer nice can be present process chemotherapy in his struggle in opposition to most cancers. He is anticipated to go away the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo as soon as he absolutely recovers from the respiratory an infection, though neither the household nor the hospital know when which may occur.

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