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Pelé’s daughter posted a photo of the Brazilian football legend from his hospital bed in São Paulo on Friday, December 23, 2022, hugging him, with the words “one more night together”.
In the photo, Kelly Cristina Nascimento hugs her 82-year-old father, who has only one side of his face visible in the photo.
Pele suffers from worsening cancer as well as kidney and heart problems.
“We are still here, in the struggle and in the faith. Another night together,” wrote Nascimento with the photo, which she posted on Instagram, around eleven in the evening, Friday, December 23, 2022 local time.
Albert Einstein Hospital, where the three-time World Cup winner is being treated, announced Wednesday that his colon cancer had “worsened” and that Pele needed “more comprehensive treatment for kidney and heart failure.” “.
A few minutes earlier, Nascimento and Flavia Arantes, another of Pelé’s daughters, had announced on Instagram that their father would be spending Christmas in the hospital.
On Sunday, Nascimento posted a photo of Arantes massaging his father’s left foot as he watched the World Cup final in Qatar on TV.
After the match, Pelé congratulated Lionel Messi on his “deserved” World Cup victory after Argentina beat France on penalties.
Pelé saw his compatriot Neymar equal his number by scoring his 77th goal for Brazil, after opening the scoring in the 105th minute of extra time against Croatia in the quarter-finals, before losing on penalties.
Pele was hospitalized in Sao Paulo on November 29 for what his medical team described as a re-evaluation of his chemotherapy treatment since he underwent surgery to remove a colon polyp in September 2021.
