Zagallo undergoes surgery
Reuters, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil's 1970 World Cup winning coach Mario Zagallo has undergone a four-hour operation for an intestinal problem, hospital officials said on Tuesday. "The doctors managed to unblock the patient's duodenum," said a statement issued by the Samaritano hospital in Rio de Janeiro, where Zagallo has been for a week. "The operation was considered a success." Zagallo, who also won the 1958 and 1962 World Cups as a player and coached his country at the 1974 and 1998 World Cups, currently has a role as Brazil's technical advisor. It was not known when the 73-year-old would be discharged. "We're sure that everything will work out and that he will shortly be active again," his son Paulo Zagallo said.
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