This footage was filmed and produced 4 December 2022.

Brazilian football legend Pele, who was hospitalized this week amid ongoing cancer treatments, has developed a respiratory infection, but is in stable condition and “showing general improvement,” his doctors said Friday.


The 82-year-old icon, who has been in fragile health in recent years, was hospitalized Tuesday in Sao Paulo for what doctors said was a “reevaluation” of the chemotherapy he has been undergoing since surgery to remove a colon tumour in September 2021.

This video shows the outside of the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in Sao Paulo, where Pele's health is being monitored.

Interview translation:
"Well, first good afternoon! I, as President of the young Santos crowd, and this was a joint action, with all our associates to be able to pay a simple tribute to our king Pelé, our intention here is good to make it clear to everyone, that it is never to show up is there will never be any effect on the media, and all this action that we are doing here to really emanate positive energies to our King, for everything he has done in world football and everything he has done for Santos Futebol Clube, it's like I said here in our prayer is very important ok the world knows about it, the press knows about it, santista in general knows about it, that we have this name "Torcida Jovem" thanks to him from its foundation, before the youth fans were founded Pelé had a phrase he always said: Young supporters of Santos, and that's how it was chosen, here's our founder Cosme Damião, how the name Torcida Jovem was chosen. So, the name Torcida Jovem the figure only Pelé both in the world and within Santos Futebol Clube and so much Sentra of our fans has a very important meaning beforehand. That's what I wanted to say and long life to our King.
Well, a very difficult time for all of us at Santos Futebol Clube, the alvinegra nation and for our dear young fans, a very difficult time, I have unforgettable and sad moments, one of them was in 1974 when he knelt down and said goodbye to my glorious Santos, it was a very difficult moment, because there we let Pelé go from our Santos, and today as my president said with our entire nation, there are stories since 1967, kid for us to talk with all this affection of the young fans for the anthem, this tribute always sincere, honest and we never deny that we are Pelé's widow with great pride. You had to have a Santos to have a Pelé and he loved Santos, let him serve as an example for all the players, let him serve as an example of determination, damn it, I remember 1973 when Pelé didn't go to the World Cup, In In 1973 he resigned, but he didn't go to the 1974 World Cup, Pelé three-time champion of the greatest national team in all history. So, speaking of the King of the whole world, of the Queen's land, all of this we live with him, so today from the name of Santos represented by all of you, we are proud to say, we had and have King Pelé "Vida loga ao Rei". In all beliefs my president, my board I want to say, once again my 67 years, that name was Brasil Jovem supported Santos, because Santos had the King, we have to be proud of that and never be ashamed to say , we are Pelé's widow with great pride, emotions are present, my companions, every tribute to the king is not enough, yet another more sincere tribute 1974 farewell to the late Chacrinha who is upstairs, we hand over a trophy from Pelé's collection as tall as he was, young fans from Santos and he won all the awards, but he had this one with great affection and this one is sincere, this homage is honest and it was honest, everything that came from the young crowd was always from a lot of heart and with a lot of love, thank you all"

This footage was filmed and produced 4 December 2022.

Brazilian football legend Pele, who was hospitalized this week amid ongoing cancer treatments, has developed a respiratory infection, but is in stable condition and “showing general improvement,” his doctors said Friday.

The 82-year-old icon, who has been in fragile health in recent years, was hospitalized Tuesday in Sao Paulo for what doctors said was a “reevaluation” of the chemotherapy he has been undergoing since surgery to remove a colon tumour in September 2021.

This video shows the outside of the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in Sao Paulo, where Pele's health is being monitored.

Interview translation:
"My name is Arlindo Marques, it is written here on the board I am a resident of the Pinheiros region in São Paulo, for me Pelé represents and will forever represent the history of football, the essence of Football, the challenge, the magic, the conclusion and the goal, Pelé brought together all these fantastic qualities of a perfect player, Pelé is almost unbelievable to say something like that, but in terms of football he reached perfection."