Earlier it became known about the death of the legendary Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu at the intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Bucharest.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin spoke out in public before the death of the tragic news about the Fakhista.
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UEFA has identified the greatest rumors surrounding the death of the great Romanian coach, who died today in Bucharest at the age of 80.
“Being one of the most important architects of the game, we have a rare football intelligence, extraordinary aptitude and passion,” reads the statement of the Slovenian functionary.
It can be recalled that the remaining days of Lucescu’s life were spent in the state of a piecemeal coma, while doctors fought to stabilize him.