The man who made football history by becoming the first to win the World Cup as a player (1958 and 1962) and coach (1970) “is still hospitalized”, the Barra clinic confirmed to AFP on Tuesday. Gold of Rio de Janeiro.
According to the latest medical results on Monday, the Brazilian presents “a favorable development”, remains “lucid, and is not placed on respiratory assistance”.
A year ago, the former coach of Pelé and the Seleção had already been hospitalized for almost two weeks in a semi-intensive care unit in the same clinic in Rio, for a respiratory infection.