“Three things I don't like in a man”

A good part of Steaua “86 reunited yesterday on the occasion of the Boloni Gala and the preview of the film “Boloni – the legend that binds us”. The event in Bucharest was the occasion of special moments for people who made history for the red-blues, but also for Romanian football.

Memories were made, friends were reunited, a few arrived with their wives, who appeared less often in the limelight. A special occasion in which one of the most welded and long-lived couples in Romanian football reappeared. It's about Marius Lăcătuș (61 years old) and his wife, Mariana (60 years old), who have known each other practically all their lives.

The two chatted with their friends and their wives after watching the two hours of film.

21of trophies has Marius Lăcătuș, all with Steaua, including the European Champions Cup, he scored from the penalty spot in the victory with Barcelona in Seville in 1986

The strong woman behind Marius Lăcătuș: “I went every three years”. Where and how they met

Mariana and Marius Lăcătuș form one of the most popular and long-lived families in Romanian football.

An extremely discreet presence over the years, Mariana Lăcătuș revealed herself in an interview included in the book “Lăcă7uș, 7 pași”, written by Vasile Lupașc Sfinteș and George Ogăraru.

The two were born in 1979. “I was about 16 years old, but I didn't start a relationship then. We were very good friends. We met in Brașov. In that disco that was also for students, the program started at six and at nine it was ready for students. For students it ended at ten.

Marius's aunt worked in the wardrobe and he also helped her. He sold another juice, bought another coat and that's how we became friends. So we, in the beginning, were very good friends. We had no secrets that, being very good friends, we told each other everything. I told him what hurt me, he told me what hurt him and that's how we got closer.

Marius Lăcătuș and his wife, Mariana, together, for years and years

In '82 we started a relationship as friends, so some years have passed. We had three years of friendship, three years of friendship and after three more we got married civilly. After three more we got married, we went every three years.

Mariana amuses herself by remembering how her relationship with Marius Lăcătuș grew: “I used to pinch him to see if he was changing”

Recalling the early years, Mariana told how Marius was at the beginning of their relationship.

“He behaved very nicely with me, because that's why he was also my friend, so he was really a very, very good boy. Very good! But, from what he told me, he wasn't so nice with his schoolmates. I think he liked me and he didn't know how to get under my skin, I mean I'm sure.

He, in the beginning, liked my best friend a lot, when we went to discos he liked her. But she seemed confident. Me, being more talkative, he liked me more. She didn't really pay attention to him, she didn't really talk to the boys like that, I was more boyish, I used to make a joke, I used to pinch him to tell you if he was having trouble (no laughing)”, said Mrs. Lăcătuș.

Marius Lăcătuș and his wife, Mariana, a few years ago

How Mariana and Marius Lăcătuș came to form a couple for life: “If he promises not to be a liar, drunk and womanizer”

Since 1982 they have been together as a couple.

“Since we started going out and something connected between us, in 1982, Marius told me clearly: “You see that I will be away for a long time, think carefully if you want a relationship and if you can wait for me, because you are young and maybe you want to go out, have fun”.

And I told him that if he promises not to be a liar, drunk and womanizer, it's OK, I promise to wait for him, but he also promises to respect the three things I don't like in a man.

And then I kept my word, he kept his word and the relationship worked. At home he found the peace he needed, and when he was away he was quiet, he trusted me. I think that the three years that were before we became friends also mattered, he knew me as a friend and he knew what kind of girl I was, they made him trust me,” Mariana Lăcătuș said.