Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Saturday, September 13, 2025, 20:18 / Updated on Saturday, September 13, 2025 20:18
The former captain of Brazil, Lucio (47 years old), he revealed, four months after the accident suffered at home, the trauma he went through. “It was a very difficult shock to overcome, physically and psychologically!”, Declared his ex-store Inter from the period 2009-2012.
The 2002 World Champion and the winner of the Champions League of 2009-2010 was admitted on May 16, 2025 to the Intensive Care section of a hospital in Brasilia, as a result of burns suffered on different parts of the body, following a domestic accident.
Lucio (left), in Inter's T-shirt, in a duel with Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) / Photo: Imago
Burns on 18% of the body surface, requiring 20 days of hospitalization on intensive care and a delicate operation!
Chivu's former colleague in Inter defensive was four months ago the victim of the explosion of a fireplace, during a visit to a friend. The tragedy would have taken place because of a person in his home who He threw alcohol into the fire extinguished.
The Brazilian withdrawn in January 2020 risked his life in that domestic accident, when an ecological fireplace exploded, causing burns on 18% of the body surface and requiring 20 days of hospitalization on intensive care and a delicate operation.
“I am here to tell the story. God gave me a chance at a second half. It will take some time until I go over shock, especially in my mind.” He confessed Lucio for Gazzetta dello Sport.
It will be a few more months until I return to 100%, but I can say that what was harder it has passed. The hospitalization was the hardest part, a real trauma. Burns are a type of lesions very difficult to treat, both physically and psychologically. I still follow a skin treatment that is a long process but my condition improves
Lucioformer captain of the Brazilian national
Images with Lucio in bandages in the hospital where he was admitted after the terrible accident / photo: Instagram
“I only remember the flames on my face, arms and legs”
Lucio had the power to recall the drama: “It happened suddenly, while I had dinner at a friend at home, shortly after I had celebrated my 47th anniversary on May 8th.
At one point, the fire extinguished and, unfortunately, a friend, in an attempt to resist him, threw a small container of alcohol over him, and then an explosion took place.
I only remember the flames on my face, arms and legs. My wife was not injured, and at that moment I threw myself into the pool. I was transferred from Brasilia to Rio Grande Do Sul on May 21 and I remember how hard it was to sleep because of the pain.
Lucio's message: “Take care of yourself and protect yourself. It is worth it!”
I had never spent so much time in the hospital. Operations were needed to remove tissue and special dressings. At this time I would like to send a message if you allow me …
What happened to me should remind us how important it is to take care of ourselves and others. I lived something I could never have imagined, but I learned that sometimes it takes very little to avoid tragedy: attention, lucidity, simple gestures. Take care of yourself, protect yourself: It is worth it! But fortunately, now there is … inter
Lucioformer captain of the Brazilian national
“I owe my salvation to the one in heaven,” Lucio transmitted, expressing deep gratitude to medical staff, family and fans for support.
Lucio withdrew from football in 2020. Throughout his remarkable career, he played 105 matches for Brazil, won the 2002 World Cup and was successful at Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus and Inter Milan, with which he won 16 trophies.
