Mauro Bellugi died, in mourning in the world of football – Chronicle

Milan, February 20, 2021 – Mourning in the world of football. Mauro Bellugi, 71, didn’t make it. The former footballer and one of the symbols of Inter, where he had played from the lower categories to the first team, is dead today at noon after complications due to his precarious health conditions. Bellugo had been hospitalized for a long time, where he had also suffered amputation of both legs as a result of covid-19. The funeral home will probably be installed in the Niguarda hospital in Milan. funeral will be held instead Tuesday next to 11 in Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio.

Horrified

The news took many Mauro Bellugi fans and friends by surprise. The former defender had suffered the amputation of both legs due to ischemia in the capillaries, as a complication of covid-19, but had also recently appeared on television online from the hospital. For this reason too, many had hypothesized encouraging improvements.

The race

In recent years many have known Mauro Bellugi for his activity as a television commentator on local Lombard networks, but first of all he had been a great footballer. In his heart had always been Inter, the team with which he had started playing football. In 1967, at just seventeen years old, he reached Inter’s lower ranks and fell in love with those colors. There he remained until 1969, then here the jump to the First team: Bellugi played for Inter from 1969 to 1974. Then another team enters his life: the color blue remains, but instead of black there is red. The defender played for Bologna from 1974 to 1979, before moving to Napoli and closing at Pistoiese. For him, a total of 227 appearances in Serie A. Bellugi also wears the blue jersey, trying it on first with the Under 21 team in 1971 and then entering the permanent squad from 1972 to 1980: 32 appearances

Greetings from Serie A

The Lega Serie A offers its condolences to the family of Mauro Bellugi on his death. His grit and determination will always be linked to the history of Serie A. “With this tweet, the Serie A League remembers the former defender who passed away today. The Confindustria del Calcium also paid tribute to him on its website”. Everyone clung to his will to react, but in the end Mauro Bellugi did not succeed and died today, shortly after his 71st birthday. The former defender of Inter, Bologna, Naples and Pistoiese had suffered the amputation of both legs last November due to covid-19, but publicly showed a great desire to recover. Unfortunately today came the sad news of his disappearance. Lega Serie A offers the family its deepest condolences and today and tomorrow, at the recommendation of the FIGC, they will remember it with a minute of silence before all matches.