Before Dinamo – U Cluj, the second game of the 5th round of the Superliga play-off, a moment of silence was held in memory of the great Mircea Lucescu, a technician whose name is linked to the history of the red and white team from Ștefan cel Mare. The “cube” on the National Arena, where the picture of the late coach was displayed, still had some lights burned out, just as it had happened in the previous stage.
After a week ago, at the match between FCSB and Oțelul Galați, the picture of Mircea Lucescu, from the moment of silence, was displayed incompletely, the unfortunate image was repeated on Saturday evening, at the match between Dinamo and U Cluj.
The organizers decided to use exactly the same image with the former selector, even if they saw a few days ago that, due to the burnt out LEDs, it was displayed very badly. However, they did not change anything and kept the same concept on Saturday, during the moment of silence.
Moment of silence in memory of Mircea Lucescu before Dinamo – U Cluj
Two special moments before the first whistle of Saturday night's duel. The game at the National Arena, from the last stage of the play-off round, was preceded by a moment of silence in memory of Mircea Lucescu, then Sulejman Demollari kicked off.
There was unison cheering during the tribute to 'Il Luce', then both groups of supporters began chanting the name of the legendary coach, who died on April 7 aged 80.
Then there was massive applause for Demollari as well. Images from the time the Albanian spent in Ștefan cel Mare ran on the scoreboard of the country's largest stadium. After giving the kick-off, Demollari, at the urging of Florentin Petre, went to greet the gallery.
