Ball – Zagallo in hospital with a lung infection (Brazil)

A respiratory infection at the age of ninety, this Wednesday, led to the admission to the Barra d’Or Hospital, in Barra da Tijuca (Rio de Janeiro), to Mario Zagallo, the former glory of the promoters and seats, twice. World champion in ‘escrete’ on the field in Sweden 1958 and Chile 1962 and coach of ‘canarinha’ in Mexico 1970.

“It is clear and does not require respiratory support,” the clinical unit detailed, in a statement issued by this football and Brazilian legend, the only one to have participated in five World Cup finals: he was an assistant to Carlos Alberto Parreira in the United States. – 1994 and was in the Brazilian national team in France 1998 (0-3, France).

His great friend and former teammate Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé), 81, was among the first to share the unease and unease in a country of 200 million and many football fans across the state. Health care of a brazilian national idol.

“My great friend, I know you are going through a hard time, but from here I am sending you positive energy! You will be fully restored soon, with the same power as always! Courage, old wolf ”, was the post that Pele published on his account on the social network Instagram, regarding the disorder in which the clinical development of one of Brazil’s greatest football ambassadors is monitored in Brazil.