Pelé, king of soccer, congratulates Messi on surpassing record

Former Brazilian forward Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’, three-time world champion, congratulated Argentine player Lionel Messi on Saturday for having surpassed his record as the top scorer in official national team matches.

From the hospital where he has been since August 31, recovering from the removal of a tumor in the colon the King of soccer applauded the feat of the Argentinian.”

“Hello Messi. Sorry if I’m late. But I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to congratulate you on another record beaten earlier this month. Your talent when it comes to playing football is incredible!”,  .

On September 9, the captain of the Argentine team scored a hat trick against Bolivia, in a match of the qualifying rounds of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, and reached 79 goals in official commitments, for which he beat Pelé, who has 77 goals, as the highest scorer of the South American teams. “I hope you conquer much more, alongside my friends Mbappe and Neymar,” added Pelé in his message. Pelé had been admitted for several weeks to the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo after routine examinations, which he had postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, detected a suspicious tumor in the colon, which was removed on September 4.