Brazil is breathing a little easier. King Pelé was released from intensive care, we learned on Tuesday while the former Seleçao striker is in a hospital in Sao Paulo.

The man at the three World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970), 80, was operated on for a ” suspicious lesion in the right colon ”, he commented.

His daughter, Kelly, posted a photo of Pelé showing him smiling.

And Pelé continues to dribble and score a goal. https://t.co/jxaBRNcUbN

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