Gică Hagi also appeared at the second vigil of Mircea Lucescu

Gică Hagi came to the National Arena on Thursday around 17:00, just like he did the previous day.

Gică Hagi came again to the National Arena to pay tribute to Mircea Lucescu

Visibly pained, Gică Hagi appeared at the National Arena on the second day of Mircea Lucescu's vigil, after on Wednesday he came to pay his last respects alongside Mircea Rednic and Dorin Mateuț, former great players of Romania.

I can't believe it. It was so important to me in life. Such a sweet person who trusted me from the start. He always supported me when I needed to.

He is more than a coach who has performed at a historic level. It's a difficult time, I'm sorry, may God forgive him and rest him!

He was a parent, a teacher, I learned a lot from him. I hoped that he would have the strength to pass this very difficult exam, but unfortunately he could not.

I was a child he raised. Please… It meant a lot to me. It was like a parent, it's hard for me to talk.

– Gică Hagi, upon the disappearance of Mircea Lucescu

Mircea Lucescu, a legendary career in football

• Born in 1945, Mircea Lucescu took his first steps in football at Dinamo Bucharest, a team with which he 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, 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.