Mircea Lucescu, former manager of Shakhtar and Dynamo, has died. He was 80.
His condition had deteriorated sharply the day before, prompting doctors to place him in an induced coma and admit him to the intensive care unit.
Mircea Lucescu
Lucescu was rushed to hospital during a meeting at the training ground three days after Romania’s defeat by Turkey in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. It was initially planned that he would be discharged from hospital on Friday, 3 April, but on the same day he suffered an acute myocardial infarction.
Earlier, Lucescu explained his decision to leave Kyiv’s Dynamo. He also spoke about the extent to which the war unleashed by Russia has affected football in Ukraine.
