Qatar 2022: Pele to support Brazil from his hospital bed

Pele has revealed he will be supporting Brazil’s current star players as he watches their World Cup last-16 match against South Korea from the hospital.

The 82-year-old, who won the World Cup in his career three times in 1958, 1962 and 1970, was rushed to the hospital to treat a respiratory infection that was aggravated by Covid.

Despite initial concerns that he was close to death, his daughters Flavia and Kely Nascimento quickly moved to rubbish those reports and said he is ‘sick’ but is still supporting Brazil in their bid to win the World Cup.

A tweet on Pele’s official account on Monday, which included a photo of him as a young man, read: ‘In 1958, I walked the streets thinking about fulfilling the promise I made to my father.

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‘I know that today many have made similar promises and are also going in search of their first World Cup”

‘I’ll be watching the hospital game and I’ll be rooting for each one of you. Good luck!’

Pele is Brazil’s greatest player ever and fans in Qatar showed their support for him by unfurling banners inside the stadium when they played Cameroon in their group-stage stage match