Watch: Brazil team pays tribute to Pele after thrashing South Korea in FIFA World Cup 2022

On December 5, Brazil played South Korea in the Round of 16 game in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022. The five-time winners made a mockery of the Koreans as they won by 4-1. Notably, all the goals from the Yellow Brigade came during the first half. This performance pretty much ensured Brazil’s qualification for the quarter-finals. On the other hand, the only goal scored by the Asian side was in the second half.

Meanwhile, after the game, the players remembered Pele, who helped the side lift three World Cup titles in 1958, 1962, and 1970. The players held a long placard of Pele for the photo session. The legendary player has been suffering from COVID-19 and survived colon cancer last year.

Watch the video here

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Talking about Pele’s condition, his daughters have explained his condition to the media.

“About three weeks ago he got Covid,” Kely Nascimento said to Brazilian TV. “He is vaccinated, with all the vaccines, but because of the cancer medication, the chemotherapy, which is fragile, he got a lung infection. That’s why he went to the hospital, because of the lung infection.

“It’s serious because of his age and because he is being treated for cancer.”

Flavia Nascimento said: “At hospital, he is better assisted. But he’s not in the ICU, he’s in a normal room. So, he’s not at risk. As a person with a more delicate health, it is better for him to be in the hospital. It is very unfair to start talking that he is in a terminal state, with palliative treatment. It’s not that. Believe us. More than anyone else, we don’t want that moment to come. Of course, one day it will happen, but it’s not now, you don’t need to be in that alarm anticipating a situation that doesn’t exist now.”