{"id":1271418,"date":"2022-12-29T20:59:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T20:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/29\/how-football-paid-tribute-to-the-legend-after-his-demise\/"},"modified":"2022-12-29T20:59:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T20:59:55","slug":"how-football-paid-tribute-to-the-legend-after-his-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/29\/how-football-paid-tribute-to-the-legend-after-his-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"How football paid tribute to the legend after his demise \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>In September 2021, the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo performed surgery to remove a colon tumour that they found on him during normal examinations. <\/p>\n<p>In the final days of November 2022, he was readmitted to the hospital. Kely Nascimento, his daughter, often posted updates on social media from the hospital to inform her followers of her father\u2019s status.<\/p>\n<p>Following his death, great footballers and other people connected to football have stormed social media to pay glowing tribute to the man regarded as the best player of all time in the history of association football. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>See the few ones we gathered below; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A very sad day for football.<\/p>\n<p>An icon and a true great of the game who touched millions around the world with his football and personality will be remembered forever.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace, Pele.\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7<\/p>\n<p>My thoughts are with his family \ud83d\udc94 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eqRDU6usba\">pic.twitter.com\/eqRDU6usba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Rush MBE (@Ian_Rush9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ian_Rush9\/status\/1608545590127779845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rest in peace to one of the greatest legends of the game\ud83d\udda4\u26bd\ud83d\ude25<br \/>Your legacy will live forever.<br \/>I&#8217;m sure &#8216;Heaven FC&#8217; with Maradona and Pele together will be invincible forever \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffc\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KimzUxhIik\">pic.twitter.com\/KimzUxhIik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mesut \u00d6zil (@M10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M10\/status\/1608546668571688961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; In September 2021, the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo performed surgery to remove a colon tumour that they found on him during normal examinations. In the final days of November 2022, he was readmitted to the hospital. 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