The Romanian coach Mircea Lucescua historic figure on the bench at 78 years old, resigned this Saturday as coach of Dynamo Kyiv a day after Friday’s painful loss at home to Shakhtar Donetsk (0-1). It was revealed by himself Dynamo Kyiv which in the League of the said country is 7th, 10 points behind the current leader, the Krybas.
After the thank you message addressed to Lucescuwho has led the team since 2020, the Kyiv Dynamo indicated that this would happen Oleksandr Shovkovskiygoalkeeping coach and former club player.
Lucescu’s departure comes at a time when the Dynamo16-time champions of Ukraine, had a very disappointing start to the season: it was 7th and eliminated in the Conference League playoffs and in the round of 16 of the Ukrainian Cup.
In Mircea Lucescu on his bench, Kyiv Dynamo won the Cup-League double in 2021, but the Romanian coach did not receive unanimous support from the fans, who criticized him for a long time with the great rival, the Shakhtar, from 2004 to 2016.
Oleksandr Shovkovskiy48 years old, trained at the club and goalkeeper of Dynamo from 1993 to 2017 (638 games), he has replaced it Mircea Lucescu as coach last season when the veteran coach underwent leg surgery.
Lucescu He is considered a great strategist, a classic in European football, a true globetrotter. He managed, among many other teams, Inter, Galatasaray, Besiktas, Shakhtar, Zenit, Romania, Turkey, Brescia, Dinamo Bucharest and Rapid Bucharest.
Source: La Verdad
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