The words of the former Lazio and Inter striker after the death of his teammate at Barcelona in Guayaquil: “I came here with my heart more than with my head, what happened left its mark on me”
If you see one of your teammates die, or rather if one of your teammates is killed in the street at 33 years old, your perspectives change. Cry, reflect, give new priorities. This is probably what pushed former Lazio, Genoa and Inter striker Felipe Caicedo to say enough with football. On December 18, in broad daylight, in the city of Guayaquil, Mario Pineida of the Barcellona Sporting Club was shot dead, along with his wife.
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News that left Ecuador in shock and that pushed Caicedo, 37, to decide to leave everything: “Most likely I will retire. I have no intention of continuing. Mario Pineida’s death has affected me deeply and I no longer want to know anything about football. I will not stay at Barcelona. I am a man who lives moments and when I decided to come here I did it more with my heart than with my head.”