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Brazilian football legend Pele took to social media on Saturday to send a Christmas message to his followers, two days after his release from a Sao Paulo hospital.
“Today I hope you are living moments of love, peace and unity, just like me. Merry Christmas my friends,” Pele said on Instagram. The post was accompanied by a photograph of the 81-year-old smiling alongside his partner Marcia Aoki.
Local media reported that Pele spent Christmas day at his home in Guaruja, a coastal town around 90km southeast of Sao Paulo. Pele was discharged from the Albert Einstein hospital on Thursday (Dec. 23) after more than two weeks of treatment for a colon tumor.
Details of his condition were not disclosed but the hospital previously said the three-time World Cup winner would require chemotherapy after undergoing surgery to remove the tumor in September.
