Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Friday, April 10, 2026 8:41 p.m. / Updated Friday, April 10, 2026 9:08 p.m.
A delegation of Dinamo Kiev, the team with which Lucescu won the title in Ukraine, came with a crown to the National Arena, on the second day of vigil, Thursday.
Why didn't Igor Surkis come to Mircea Lucescu's vigil
Surkis missed the vigil due to being sickaccording to pressing.net.ua. “Mircea is not only a part of Dinamo's history, he is part of our family,” said Surkis, the head of the Kiev club.
Surkis brought Mircea Lucescu to Dinamo Kyiv in 2020. Despite the opposition of the ultras at that time, the club owner unconditionally supported “Il Luce”, who won the title in 2021 with the formation from the capital of Ukraine.
Igor Surkis and Mircea Lucescu
3.5 billion dollarsit is the property of Igor Surkis
Rinat Akhmetov, Surkis's rival, was at the vigil
Lucescu wrote history in Ukraine, winning 8 titles with Shakhtior, Dinamo Kiev's great rival. Incidentally, Rinat Ahmetov, the owner of the Donetsk club, was present on Thursday at the vigil of the legendary coach.
“I came for my friend. It's a tragedy for both Romania and Ukraine. We won many trophies together. We worked together for 12 years. You must be proud of him. Mircea had a happy life. He couldn't do without work. Mircea Lucescu taught me to drink wine.
I taught him karaoke. I remembered together with Răzvan how he beat us, we have not forgotten that defeat. His son is on the right track, he is a top coach”, said Ahmetov, at the National Arena.
Later, the Ukrainian was at the stadium for Shakhtar's Europa League victory, 3-0 against Alkmaar. It was his team's first appearance in a game in 12 years.
