Brazilian legend Mario Zagallo is doing better. Aged 90, the double world champion left the Barra d’Or hospital in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, recovered from his respiratory infection. On August 1, the clinic had already given reassuring news, where he had been admitted to intensive care on July 26.
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“After difficult days, I am back at 113%. Thank you all for your support “, Zagallo wrote on Instagram on Sunday. The post, featuring a picture of him with his thumbs up and sitting in a wheelchair, sparked a lot of reactions in the football world. Pelé brought him his ” wishes “ of speedy recovery.
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Zagallo was the first to win the World Cup as a player (1958 and 1962), then as a coach (1970), long before the German Franz Beckenbauer (1974 and 1990) and the Frenchman Didier Deschamps (1998 and 2018).
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But his undeniable masterpiece remains the 1970 World Cup in Mexico: freshly appointed coach, he had led Brazil to its third planetary coronation with spectacular play and a constellation of stars like Pelé, Jairzinho, Tostao, Gerson and Rivelino. .
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