The last opponent in Mircea Lucescu's career praised the legendary Romanian coach: “Rest in peace, master!”

The Italian technician was the last opponent in Mircea Lucescu's career, in the play-off won by Turkey against the Romanian national team with a score of 1-0. Later, “Il Luce” would end his term in the friendly match with Slovakia, but the former national team fainted in the training session and was rushed to the hospital.

Following complications during hospitalization, Mircea Lucescu died at the Bucharest University Hospital, at the age of 80.

Vincenzo Montella paid tribute to Mircea Lucescu: “Rest in peace, master!”

The day after the terrible news that Mircea Lucescu died, Vincenzo Montella posted on his personal Instagram account a photo with “Il Luce”, from the match between Turkey and Romania, which was played on March 26, two weeks before the tragedy.

“Rest in peace, master!”, was the message posted by the Italian technician, attached to the photo with Mircea Lucescu.

Mircea Lucescu, unparalleled career in football

• Mircea Lucescu took his first steps in football at Dinamo Bucharest, the team with which he has spent most of his career. He also performed at Știința Bucharest and Corvinul Hunedoara.

• As a player, he won 6 championship titles and a Romanian Cup, all with Dinamo.

• Throughout his coaching career, he trained Corvinul, the Romanian national team, Dinamo, Pisa, Brescia, Reggiana, Rapid, Inter, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Shakhtior, Zenit, the Turkish national team and Dinamo Kiev.

• He won 36 trophies in his career as a technician: 9 times the championship of Ukraine, 8 times the Ukrainian Cup, 7 times the Ukrainian Supercup, 3 times the Romanian Cup, 2 times the Romanian championship, 2 times the Turkish championship, as well as the UEFA Cup, the European Super Cup, the Russian Super Cup and the Anglo-Italian Cup.