The legendary Mario Zagallo was hospitalized

The legend Mario Jorge Lobo Zagallothe only player to win four world titles in a technical position, was hospitalized on Tuesday night with a urinary tract infection and is not expected to be released, medical sources reported on Wednesday.

zagallo92, was hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro for treatment of a urinary tract infection, is medically stable, clear and breathing without the aid of an apparatus and is not expected to be discharged, a spokesman for the Barra D’Or Hospital in Rio de Janeiro.

Last week, on August 9, zagallo He turned 92 and was honored in social networks by entities, clubs and personalities from the world of football.

In October last year, zagallowho won two world titles as a player and two more on the bench, became the third idol to be immortalized with a life-size wax statue in Brazil National Team Museum.

zagalloa living legend of the ‘canarinha’, was crowned champion as a player at the World Cups in Sweden in 1958 and Chile in 1962, as a coach in Mexico in 1970 and as a technical assistant in the United States in 1994.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) only bestowed this honor on the three-time world champion Pele and the six-time voted best soccer player in the world, Marthawhose wax statues adorn the museum bringing together all the cups and trophies raised by the ‘canarinha’.

Last year too, before turning 91, zagallo He was hospitalized for several days for a severe respiratory infection.

In five World Cup finals

Born on August 9, 1931 in the state of Alagoas, the ‘Old Wolf’ has another record that is still unbeaten: he is the only one in the world to reach five World Cup finals in his seven appearances.

The only ending zagallo Missing, among the five he was in, was the 1998 World Cup in France, when he was the team’s technical coordinator and where the hosts prevailed. Brazil.