Pelé congratulated Lewandowski and wants to have a meeting with Cristiano Ronaldo to hug him [Video]

The Brazilian star Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’ congratulated the Spanish Alexia Putellas and the Polish Robert Lewandowski after winning the FIFA The Best award last night, as Best Player and Player, respectively, as well as the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo , with whom you want to have a personal meeting.

“My congratulations to the two winners of The Best FIFA award @rl9 and @alexiaputellas. When you are on the pitch, sport is always more beautiful”, said Pelé, aged 81, in a message dedicated to the Bayern Munich striker and the midfielder from Barcelona.

The triple world champion with the Canarinha (1958, 1962, 1962) also dedicated a few words to Cristiano Ronaldo, who received a special award from FIFA after setting a new record for national team goals with Portugal.

“Cristiano Ronaldo, it is a great satisfaction to be here in Brazil, in the city of Santos, to congratulate you for everything you have done for sport, for football, mainly,” said the former Brazilian striker in a video published on their social networks.

FIFA awarded the Portuguese during the gala a special prize as top scorer with a national team.

“And in all this time that we have crossed the world I did not have the opportunity to and hug him personally because we don’t stop, but here goes, with all my heart, my congratulations and I hope that one of these days we can see each other and I can hug you personally”, he completed.

Pelé, considered by many to be the best footballer in history, continues to be treated for the colon tumor that was detected in September and for which he had already been operated on once.

Last December, he spent two weeks in a hospital in Sao Paulo for the last chemotherapy session of the year and to undergo a battery of tests in order to know his clinical status, of which no further details have emerged.

However, the Brazilian idol assures that he is “well”, that he feels “younger” than ever, as he usually says on his social networks.

Pelé’s health has deteriorated in recent years due to spinal, hip and knee problems that have reduced his mobility and forced him to undergo surgery, in addition to suffering some kidney crises.

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