Famous football coach Mircea Lucescu dies
Famous football coach Mircea Lucescu died on Tuesday, at the age of 80.
The announcement was made by the Bucharest University Emergency Hospital, where the former coach had been hospitalized for more than a week.
The Bucharest University Emergency Hospital informs that the death was declared around 8:30 p.m.
''Mr. Mircea Lucescu was one of the most successful Romanian coaches and football players, the first to qualify the Romanian national team for a European Championship, in 1984. Entire generations of Romanians grew up with his image in their hearts, as a national symbol. May God rest his soul!'', the hospital representatives said.
Mircea Lucescu was urgently hospitalized on March 29 at the Bucharest University Hospital, after feeling sick during a technical meeting prior to a training session of the national football team. He later suffered a heart attack, and his health deteriorated and no longer responded to treatment. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Georgiana Tanasescu; EN - writing by: Bogdan Gabaroi)
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