Mauro Bellugi died: the former Inter defender was 71 years old

Mauro Bellugi died. The former soccer player and defender of Inter had suffered the amputation of his legs after being hit by Covid. He had turned 71 on February 7, leaving his wife Lory and daughter Giada. During his career he had worn the shirts of Inter, Bologna, Naples, Pistoiese, as well as that of the national team (32 games). His only career goal for Inter was in the European Cup against Borussia Monchengladbach. “I also played for Bologna and Napoli but my family was Inter, Inter is in my heart,” he said. Tomorrow Inter will play with mourning on the arm and will observe a minute of silence before the derby with Milan.

The suffering

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In early November, he had been hospitalized for problems related to Mediterranean anemia and had tested positive for coronavirus. To save him, the doctors were forced to amputate his legs, Bellugi was still in the hospital where he had started rehabilitation. They also took away the leg with which I scored at Borussia, ”he declared,“ Moratti wants to get my prostheses ”. After the surgery, Bellugi seemed to recover, but was always hospitalized in the Niguarda hospital, where he had been operated on. There have been complications in recent weeks that have been fatal.