Goodbye to Beccalossi, the Nerazzurri genius of a man "other" soccer

Goodbye to Evaristo Beccalossi: the playmaker and flag ofInter of the 80s died last night Bresciain the clinic Poliambulance where he was hospitalized. “Beck” would have turned 70 on May 12. His health conditions were critical after the illness he suffered in January 2025 and a long period of coma.

Beccalossi, born in Brescia, began his career with Swallows and in 1978 he joined Inter with whom he won one scudetto and one Italian Cup and reached the semi-final of Champions Cup ’80-81. He made 216 appearances and 37 goals but above all he became the idol of a fan base who praised the number 10 with the sacrilegious chorus “Evaristo, Evaristo, not even Christ can stop him”. Gianni Brera nicknamed him I dribble for creativity and unpredictability.

The brace in the derby that consecrated him

His brace under the downpour in the derby with Milan of October 1979, right-footed dish of rare sweetness and support in the net following an assist from Muraroconsecrated him as a Nerazzurri idol. “Milan were defending the Scudetto,” he later recalled, “they had just pinned the star to their chest and I took it off, with two goals to spare. Ricky Albertosi. From the right, while I usually scored from the left.” Inter’s Eugenio Bersellini he would then win his 12th championship also dragged by the other ex Brescia Altobelli pin. And today’s fans have not missed the coincidence that “Becca” left a few days after the 21st Nerazzurri title.

The last years of his career and his retirement

In the 1984-1985 season he moved to Sampdoria and then he had turned between Monza, Barletta e Pordenone also descending into minor categories until his retirement in 1991. Subsequently he had been, among other things, head of delegation of the Italian youth national teams and TV commentatoralways with the Beloved in the heart.

The memory of Inter and Prisco

“It seems impossible to us”, wrote Inter in a post in which it celebrated the “clear, dazzling” talent of a champion “omnipotent with both feet”, “in the folds of memories and in everyday life, Evaristo was always one of us. Ineffable, like his dribbling, unique, like his way of dealing with the ball”. The club also quotes a phrase from Peppino Prisco: “He didn’t play with the ball, it was the ball that played with him. He didn’t kick it, he caressed it, filling it with cuddles.”

Genius, inconstancy and legendary moments

His creativity was inversely proportional to his consistency: “When I got to San Siro the teammates didn’t know if they would play with 10 or 12: it was up to me alone”, he loved to say. The two became legendary missed penalties in five minutes against him Slavic Bratislava in the ’82-83 season, to which Paolo Rossi he dedicated a hilarious monologue. In the same season he won the applause of the fans Napoli for a goal with a left-handed lob to the Maradona before the letter