Pele ready for 'extra time' after leaving ICU
Sept 16 (Reuters) - Pele said he is ready for "90 minutes, 加える extra time" after leaving the 集中的な care 部隊 (ICU) of a Sao Paulo hospital に引き続いて 外科 to 除去する a tumour from the Brazilian サッカー 広大な／多数の／重要な's 結腸.
The 80-year-old, three-times World Cup 勝利者 was 認める to Alberto Einstein hospital after the tumour was 設立する during 決まりきった仕事 実験（する）s. The tumour was 除去するd earlier this month and sent for 分析.
"My friends, this is a message for each of you. Don't think for a minute that I 港／避難所't read the thousands of loving messages I've received around here," Pele said on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CT0CGIJF2Mi.
"Thank you very much to each one of you, who 献身的な a minute of your day to send me 肯定的な energy. Love, love and love! I have already left the ICU and I am in my room.
"I continue every day happier, with a lot of disposition to play 90 minutes, 加える extra time. We will be together soon!"
Pele has 苦しむd from hip problems for years and cannot walk unaided. His public 外見s were already 存在 削減（する） before the COVID-19 pandemic and since then he has made few unnecessary forays outside his house 近づく Santos.
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford )
