Brazilian football legend Pelé sent a message of support from a hospital in Sao Paulo to his country’s national team players ahead of their meeting with South Korea in the round of 16 of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. network: “In 1958, I walked the streets thinking about fulfilling a promise I made to my father. I know that today many have made similar promises and are also looking for their first World Cup. He added:” I will watch the match from the hospital and to cheer each one of you on. Good luck!” Pelé won the world title for the first time when he was 17 years old, according to the competition held in Sweden in 1958. The two daughters of the Brazilian football legend Pele said in a television interview: “He was taken to the hospital in São Paulo, last week, from -for pneumonia.After contracting COVID-19, when he gets better, he will go home.His daughter Kelly Nascimento said: “He is sick and an elderly person, but he is currently in the hospital due to pneumonia, and when he gets better he will return home again” and confirmed that her father “does not say goodbye and is currently in the hospital” and added: “Three weeks ago he was infected with the Covid virus and he is vaccinated with all doses, but from -for cancer and chemotherapy drugs that made him more fragile, he contracted a lung infection, and this is why he ended up in the hospital.Pele’s other daughter, Flavia, stated: “Pele is not in intensive care, but in a regular ward and he has nothing to do threatening because he is undergoing treatment.”