Incredible! How the Turks from Beşiktaş called Mircea Lucescu, in the first match after the death of “Il Luce”

At the first game played by the black and whites after the death of Mircea Lucescu, the one who left his mark on the history of Turkish football, the Beşiktaş team also prepared a banner in memory of “Il Luce”.

The players entered the field with the message, dressed in black T-shirts with Mircea Lucescu's face. The legendary coach died on April 7 and was buried 3 days later, at the Bellu Cemetery, in the Capital.

The message that the Beşiktaş players took to the field in memory of Mircea Lucescu

“We will never forget you, champion of the century”was the message that Beşiktaş's players took to the field before the start of the warm-up. He also wrote this on the training shirts.

“Our team entered the field in the warm-up before the match wearing shirts with our former coach, Mircea Lucescu, who passed away. We will never forget you”, was the message that appeared on the X page of the Beşiktaş team.

At the match with Antalyaspor, a minute of silence was held in memory of Mircea Lucescu, champion in Turkey with Galatasaray and Beşiktaş.

• He coached the yellow and black from 2002 to 2004 and won the title in 2003. He arrived at Beşiktaş directly from Galata, which he trained from 2000 to 2002 and with whom he won a championship and the European Supercup, in front of Real Madrid.

16 titleshas Beşiktaş in history

Beşiktaş Park, the last stadium in Mircea Lucescu's career and life

Beşiktaș Park, the team's stadium in Istanbul, is the last arena where Mircea Lucescu was alive. It happened on March 26, at the tie lost by the Romanian national team against Turkey, score 0-1.

Later, “Il Luce” was taken ill in the preparation for the friendly with Slovakia, he arrived at the University Hospital Emergency, where he died on April 7.

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, 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.