What a moment on Italian television! Capello and Boban, monumental speech about Mircea Lucescu

During the show that had the central topic of the evening of the Champions League, with the quarters of Real Madrid – Bayern (1-2) and Sporting – Arsenal (0-1), the Italian journalists from Sky Sport learned the tragic news of the death of Mircea Lucescu.

Tribute to Mircea Lucescu at Sky Sport Italia

Among those present in the show were Fabio Capello and Zvonimir Bobanhuge names in world football. The two spoke wistfully of “Il Luce”.

“He was a good coach, a nice person, a nice guy I would say. He was very lively and when you met him he liked to talk about football but also about life. He was a curious person.

Every time I saw him, I liked him every time. And as a coach, his numbers speak for themselves,” said Capello.

One of the journalists of the Italian station also spoke: “He died for football! He died for his country. He sat on the bench for the first tie for the World Cup, the one with Turkey. He finished the game, got sick later. A huge person”.

The conclusion, in an admiring tone, belonged to Boban, a former winner of the Champions League with AC Milan: “A sweet, expressive man, I remember him with melancholy, like among the Balkans. A bohemian by nature, he loved Italian football. I know how much he enjoyed it! An extraordinary person. May he rest in peace!”.

All sports publications in Italy treated Mircea Lucescu's situation with maximum interest, ever since the appearance of the first medical problems. Today, hundreds of articles ran in the Peninsula, memories with “Il Luce”.

Lucescu made his first contact with Italian football in 1990, when he went to Pisa. He also coached Brescia, Reggiana and Inter Milan.

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.