Who's more beautiful, me or you? We went over Mircea Lucescu, and he was empty, he had just left the shower ”

Still tightening material for the documentary Il Luce. The master, I realized what huge impact he had on many foreign footballers who guided him in his career. Because he was not just a coach. It was more.

Ibrahim Uzulmese (51 years old) is a Turkish coach who has flirted with various bands in his country. Rizespor, Elazig, Employee, Bursaspor, Genclerbirligi, Eyupsor and Pendikspor. At a lower level than what was as a footballer, an important one in Turkey. More than a decade dedicated to Beșiktaș, along with 7 trophies, two of them championships.

As a footballer, tape, he also had speed, and strength. A fighter, dedicated, tireless. He still has long hair, which he sometimes catches in a samurai tail, as Ilhan Mansiz patented in Beșiktaș more than 20 years ago.

Ibrahim pulls with a cigar, a sip of an espresso mouth. The location was established in the “Mado” cafe it has in the Asian area of ​​Istanbul, not far from Fenerbahce's stadium.

Turkey is not an easy country for football. To win the title in Galatasaray, and in Beșiktaș, to succeed countless performances show how good Lucescu is, both in the team management and as a tactician. It's a complete coach. Balanced and efficient
Ibrahim Uzulmese

Ibrahim Uzulmese confessed to GSP readers that applies Mircea Lucescu's teachings: “60-70% of what I send to my players”

“About 60-70% of what my players convey comes directly from the principles and directions Lucescu gave us at that time. I work with the same approach he had then. I love him very much and I know how much he did for me. I know how much he worked for me.” Ibrahim confessed.

“The Romanian people should be proud to have a coach like Lucescu. I am also proud to have been his student. The first thing I learned from Lucescu, being a band player, was related to speed. I was pretty fast. As a very left, I used to always play on the line, on the left flank. And the first thing he told me was: “You can use it much more efficiently if you enter into dribbling.”

And thanks to this advice, I scored a straight leg against Galata. It was that match won with 1-0, in the season in which I became champions, “the Uzulmese recalled.

37The selections gathered Ibrahim Uzulmese in the national of Turkey. He was 29 years old at the first appearance, immediately after conquering the champion with Lucescu

What Ibrahim taught Uzulmese from Mircea Lucescu: “I put everything in my head”

“One of Lucescu's greatest qualities was that, besides the important things done tactically on the field, for example, he said:” The player in front of you is this.

He clearly described the characteristics of that player: this, that and that. And he put everything in my head. An example is the match with Galatasaray, when I made those dribbling inside, etc.

Dribbling, other actions. There were also players with a strong ego in Beșiktaș. But he knew how to manage that too. They were strong players with ego. And of the coaches who could make a yield from such players, Lucescu was in the first place, “the Turk pointed out.

“The first thing I learned from Lucescu, being a band player, was related to speed. I was pretty fast. As a very left, I used to always play on the line, on the left flank.

And the first thing he told me was: “Your speed can be used much more efficiently if you penetrate into dribbling.” And thanks to this advice, I scored a straight leg against Galata. It was that match won with 1-0, in the season in which I became champions. I can say that this is exactly a concrete example of a thing learned from him, ”commented the former international.

A concrete example is the traveling match with Chelsea, in the Champions League, which they can include as a personal memory. In that match won with 2-0, Lucescu had told me just before I would give a goal. And that's what happened: at the first goal, I passed Sergen. The assist was mine. The first goal of the match. Had a huge contribution in my career
Ibrahim Uzulmese

I love him very much and I know how much he did for me. I know how much he worked for me. I think the Romanian people should be proud to have a coach like Lucescu. And I am proud to have been his student. I had the chance to work with him and I consider myself lucky. Of all the foreign coaches I worked with, I put it on the first place
Ibrahim Uzulmese

Ibrahim Uzulmese and Sergen Yalcin entered Mircea Lucescu to choose who is more beautiful: “He was stripped, he had come out of the shower”

Ibrahim Uzulmez also told us a funny moment with Mircea Lucescu.

“In Spain, before an UEFA match, Sergeant was wondering who is more handsome – I or him. It was very loud. When I entered the coach's room, he had just left the shower. I don't know if we should tell this public … he was naked.

(laughs) We were still contradicted with Sergeant: “Who is more beautiful, you or me?”. We got up on jokes. I could not reach a conclusion. So we entered Lucescu in the room to ask him. And he was completely naked there. It was hazliu, “Ibrahim used used. The Romanian pretended nervously and kicked it out of the room, laughing.

Lucescu also succeeded in Galatasaray, and in Beșiktaș, and in the move with Chelsea, in that match won 2-0 in the Champions League, through everything he did in the field, tactical and technical, I saw with my eyes how valuable he is as a coach. Then I really realized what they
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