Galatasaray, gesture of the soul for Mircea Lucescu at the match in Turkey: “We will not forget you!”

“Il Luce” was honored by all the Galatasaray players. Okan Buruk's students wore special black T-shirts. Mircea Lucescu's face was printed on the heating equipment.

PHOTO. Galatasaray, tribute to the one who was Mircea Lucescu

“Our team went out to warm-up with shirts prepared for our deceased former coach Mircea Lucescu,” Galatasaray said on social media.

Mircea Lucescu coached Galatasaray for two seasons, between July 2000 and June 2002. “Il Luce” managed to win the European Supercup and the championship.

Galatasaray football player, before the match Mircea Lucescu's photo was taken on the t-shirts.pic.twitter.com/Lnza7XwZK9

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The Turkish Football Federation made a decision after Lucescu's death. At the two arrears in stage 27 and at the entire round with number 29, there will be a moment of silence in memory of the former great Romanian coach.

Afterwards, the Galatasaray players entered the field with a huge banner with the message “We will not forget you!”, written in both Romanian and Turkish.

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 7 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, Beşiktaș, 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.