“That turned everything upside down”

Mircea Lucescu has health problems again, and the Romanian team took off for Bratislava without him. Il Luce is hospitalized at the Bucharest Emergency University Hospital and will be kept under observation.

Florin Prunea, Costel Orac, Ștefan Nanu and Cristi Dulca, his former students, gave a reaction to Gazeta Sporturilor, in which they sent all the best to the selector.

Rapidists and dynamists are with Mircea Lucescu, who is in the hospital bed

Florin Prunea:The coaching job is hard, with a lot of stress, and sometimes difficult moments arise. I hope he is well and that he thinks seriously about his health, because that is the most important thing. It's a beautiful job, but very stressful, especially when you do it with passion, and Mircea Lucescu does it at the highest level.

He should be under observation. He has a beautiful family, grandchildren, and now is the time to take care of his health. He is dependent on the field and the job, sure, but everyone close to him will talk to him. Now is the time to put health first, and then return to football”.

Stefan Nanu: “The greatest Romanian coach! I hope he is healthy and overcomes this setback. Mircea Lucescu has always been on the field, he wants to give everything, he wants it very much and he doesn't give up. However, now he has to think about his family and his health, because these are the most important. It's time to take a break.”

Costel Orac: “We can't wish him anything but good health, he has to get through this hoop. We have to be with him and wish him good health and he has the strength to get better. He's a fighter.

And this match was difficult, at a high level, and Mircea Lucescu knew what it meant, being a game with a huge stake. As we know, he puts all his soul and skill into the game to win. This disappointment, against the background of the state of health, turned everything upside down”.

Cristi Dulca:I see, I feel sorry for his situation. Everyone is with him, with a good thought, and may God grant that he be well and be healthy!

Today I passed by the place where he celebrated his birthday and I thought about this life. Today you are fine and tomorrow everything can change. In life, the most important thing is to be healthy.”

Mircea Lucescu // Photo: Ionuț Iordache / GSP

The most important information:

• Mircea Lucescu fainted this morning during the technical meeting preceding the last training before the team's departure to Slovakia, scheduled at 18:00;

• The selector, who received a severe diagnosis at the beginning of the year, “was talking to the players and felt sick. He stopped his speech, sat on a chair and stopped reacting, he seemed to be unable to breathe,” say witnesses;

• Lucescu seemed to be unable to breathe, which is why the emergency intervention of the doctor from the first team, Claudiu Stamatescu, was requested. The medical staff of the national team gave him first aid, after which two SMURD ambulances were called, which took him to the University Hospital;

• The diagnosis offered by the doctors at the University: heart rhythm disorders, and the patient will remain hospitalized;

• GSP sources say that Lucescu would have consumed heavily after the defeat with Turkey, which ended Romania's road to the World Football Championship, and would not have slept at all that night;

• Tonight, the Romanian national team leaves for Slovakia, where the two seconds, Jerry Gane and Florin Constantinovici, will sit on the bench.

• In a first reaction, in a dialogue with Ovidiu Ioanițoaia, Mircea Lucescu said: “I feel well now, I have fully recovered, but I will be subjected to further investigations, so I will remain in the hospital”;

• Răzvan Burleanu, the president of the Romanian Football Federation, claims that the suspension of the match Slovakia – Romania (Tuesday, 21:45) was taken into account, following the scare with the coach;

• On Monday, Lucescu will have a coronary angiography and will be hospitalized for at least 2-3 days.