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FIORENZUOLA D’ARDA, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 06: Evaristo Beccalossi of Italy looks on during the International Friendly match between Italy U19 and Nethrerlands U19 on September 6, 2019 in Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy. (Photo by Emilio Andreoli/Getty Images)
Italy legend Alessandro Altobelli is ‘devastated’ to miss the funeral of his best friend, Evaristo Beccalossi, as he is stuck in Kuwait with no flights available to return to Italy.
Former Inter midfielder Beccalossi died on May 6, aged 69.
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His funeral is being held today in his hometown of Brescia, with many other Nerazzurri legends present, including Beppe Bergomi.
Former Inter and Italy star Altobelli, a 1982 Italy World Cup winner, was one of Beccalossi’s closest friends but could not attend his beloved friend’s funeral.
Altobelli, who lives in Kuwait and works as a Serie A pundit for a local TV station, has been forced to miss Beccalossi’s funeral due to the lack of flights from the Middle East to Europe.
“I’m devastated,” he told Corriere della Sera.
“There are no flights. It had already taken me two days to return here [to Kuwait]. I spent eight hours in Istanbul during a layover, trying to rest on a chair. Now I’m stranded, and there are no solutions.
“He [Beccalossi] was my best friend,” concluded Altobelli.
“He was a champion and a second father to my sons. With him, a part of him has died too.”
Beccalossi and Altobelli together won the 1979-80 Serie A title with Inter.
Altobelli is the second-best scorer in the Nerazzurri’s history with 209 goals.
ByLorenzo Bettoni
Lorenzo Bettoni is the Editor of Football Italia.
