Soccer-Lecce captain vows to finish season despite tumour surgery


  • Football
  • Thursday, 06 May 2021

FILE PHOTO: Serie A - Lecce v Lazio - Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy - July 7, 2020 Lecce's Marco Mancosu celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

(Reuters) - Marco Mancosu, the captain of promotion-chasing Italian Serie B side Lecce, says he is determined to finish the season before finding out whether he requires chemotherapy after undergoing surgery for a tumour.

The 32-year-old Mancosu kept his condition secret until making an Instagram post on Wednesday.

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