Former Inter player Mauro Bellugi has admitted that he is getting on well following the recent amputation of not one but both of his legs which was the result of complications from having COVID-19.
“For now it is going pretty well, it’s a long process but there are improvements every day. As you can imagine it was very hard, but now I’m in the rehabilitation phase,” he explained in an interview with Inter’s official club podcast ‘Inter Podcast‘.
Bellugi then made a joke about what his speed will be like when wearing prosthetic legs: “I’ll put on the prosthetic legs and if I don’t beat Oscar Pistorius, I’ll finish second.”
Bellugi proceeded to reflect on his time at Inter, when football was very very different fom how it is today.
“When I was at the Nerazzurri I wouldn’t dare pass the midfield, as a defender I had to defend and the attackers had to score.”
He was then asked about the famous goal that he scored against Borussia Monchengladbach in a European fixture.
“I don’t remember the goal against Borussia Monchengladbach too well but I do remember my teammates jumping on me and then I understood what I had done.”
Bellugi concluded by listing off some of the best moments that he enjoyed whilst wearing the Nerazzurri shirt between 1969 and 1974.
“The goal against Borussia Monchengladbach, winning the 1971 Scudetto and the final of the Champions League which we lost to Ajax. It was bad that it happened but playing in finals doesn’t happen often.”
During his spell with Inter, Bellugi made a grand total of 137 appearances across all competitions. Upon leaving Inter, he spent five years at Bologna then a year each at both Napoli and Pistoiese.
