Mircea LucesCu, Getty Images July 28 2025, 22:54

Romania’s head coach Mircea Lucescu on the eve of his 80th anniversary spoke about his age. Quotes the former coach of Donetsk Shakhtar and Dynamo Kyiv Italian edition of Tuttosport.

“I do not feel 80 years old. I live this moment calmly and consciously. I do not think that some coach once reached my age, still standing on a coaching bridge and heading the national team that claims to enter the World Cup.

To celebrate this day, I invited five generations to home. Those who played with me and with whom we played at the 1970 World Cup, those I trained in Hadji. I want to thank them for how they helped me become who I am.

Will Romania go to the World Cup? We started badly, losing Bosnia, partly due to the guilt of the judge. Of course, now we do not have such talents with which we strongly performed at the 1994 World Cup. Hadzhi, Reduce, Dumitreska, Popeska, Belodedychi, we do not have now, but we want to compensate for this by organizing and building a game, “Lucescu said.

It should be noted that 80 years the legendary Romanian specialist will be tomorrow, July 29.