Brazil heads into Monday's World Cup last-16 tie against South Korea preoccupied by the health of the great Pele and with coach Tite wondering whether to recall the Selecao's current number-10 Neymar after an ankle injury. Tite used his press conference prior to Friday's final-group game against Cameroon to wish Pele a speedy recovery after the all-time great was admitted to a hospital in Sao Paulo during the week.
The three-time World Cup winner, now aged 82, has been undergoing a "re-evaluation" of the chemotherapy he had following surgery to remove a colon tumor in September last year. The Brazilians will look to consolidate their squad around Neymar and triumph over the impressive South Korea. The Asian giant surprised Portugal with a pulsating comeback in a 2-1 thriller to secure themselves a chance in the round of sixteen.
Most of the funs of the Samba Boys will be hoping for the best out of Neymar, especially his romantic and skillful display on the pitch. I will fancy a narrow win for the Brazilians.
Content created and supplied by: Sylvanokeyo (via Opera
News )
Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.com and/or report the article using the available reporting functionality built into our Platform
See More
COMMENTS