Furino, former Juventus: ‘My wife who died of Covid, I infected her’

TURIN. “I’m stunned, it all happened too fast. I’m afraid I was a greaser, taking the virus home. He took us all, in the family. But as we healed she was starting to have serious saturation problems. I haven’t seen her since she was hospitalized. A terrible pain ». To tell it is Beppe Furino, former Juventus glory, about the death of his wife Irene Vercellini who died of coronavirus.

It is not the first epidemic that Furino is forced to face in his life: «There were cases of typhus in Campania, in my father’s town. I went to live with my grandparents in Ustica for a year. I was a Juventus player well before arriving in Turin. My career has been a happy ride, football has given me everything ».

But his were «other times, other derbies. Toro fought with us for the Scudetto. Even the last Juve has changed. The knockout with Benevento amazed me. I don’t understand how motivation can be lacking for those who are overpaid to do the most beautiful job in the world ».

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