the brazilian star Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pele’, who is hospitalized for cancer treatment, was awarded this Friday with the trophy ‘Player of history’, who was picked up by the striker Neymar Jr.
“Today is a very special day for me. I wanted to share that I was invited by Budweiser to honor Pele with the trophy ‘Player of the history‘. For me it is an immense honor to be part of this moment”, declared neymar in a video posted on Instagram.
The front of the psg French and the Brazilian team was in charge of receiving the trophy from the American beer brand, which was one of the official sponsors of the recent Qatar World Cup.
“As you know, Pele is part of my story. Rey, our love and respect for you will be eternal,” declared neymar carrying the trophy bathed in gold and marked with the name of the octogenarian star.
For neymar, “The tribute is beautiful and very important not only because Pele He is the only player to have won three World Cups, but because there have already been various ‘players of the match’ in various periods of football, but ‘player of history’, only one”.
Besides the video, neymar wrote online that Pelé is “the one” who “makes football his kingdom”, that “instead of creating wars, he stopped one”, that “he used his power to charm the world”, that he “challenged sovereignty”, that “he was revered” and that he “made his own dynasty.”
“The one” who “inspired the young”, who “built an empire”, who “managed to raise the gold cups” and who “was not only the best in the game. He was the best in history”, he completed.
Pele He has been hospitalized for three weeks in Sao Paulo, his cancer has worsened and he is receiving care related to “kidney and heart dysfunctions,” his doctors reported on Wednesday.
Under treatment for colon cancer Pele “presents a progression of the oncological disease and requires greater care related to renal and cardiac dysfunctions,” said the Albert Einstein Hospitalwhere he has been admitted since last November 29.
The bulletin indicated that the 82-year-old triple world champion “remains hospitalized in a common room, under the necessary medical care” and his two eldest daughters reported that Pelé will spend the Christmas at the hospital.
Pelé has been hospitalized for three weeks to reassess the chemotherapy treatment against the colon tumor, which he underwent surgery in September 2021, and overcome a “respiratory infection” that was detected days later.
Kelly Nascimentoone of the daughters of Pelethanked Neymar on social networks for picking up the trophy for his father and stated that the striker psg “with all his talent, light and heart” he now takes “the baton of the beautiful game to take it all over the world”.
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