The Romanian coach of Dynamo Kyiv, Mircea Lucescu, resigned a day after the 0-1 home defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk, certainly the club where he is a legend on the bench. The 78-year-old veteran coach also spoke in a press conference as if he was about to retire from football.
“This is my last game. I gave everything I could for the last fifteen years for Ukrainian football. We can’t continue like this: war, empty stadiums, minutes of silence, of silence… Dynamo Kiev “It will have a great future, but I won’t be a part of it. I wish peace and health to everyone,” he said.
Dynamo kyiv, after a message of thanks to its coach from 2020, indicated that it will happen to him Oleksandr Shovkovskiygoalkeeping coach and former club player.
The march of Lucescu This comes at a time when 16-time Ukrainian champions Dynamo are having a very disappointing start to the season. The club only occupies seventh place in the championship and was eliminated from the playoffs of the Europa Conference League and the round of 16 of the Ukrainian Cup.
Under the ‘is Lucescu’, The club won the League and Cup double in 2021, but the Romanian coach did not go down well with fans, who criticized him for his long spell at arch-rivals, Shakhtar, from 2004 to 2016.
Exactly, the Shakhtar, where he won the UEFA Cup, eight Leagues, seven Ukrainian Super Cups and six Cups, dedicated to him this Sunday an emotional letter of thanks for his career. He taught the Brescia (two promotions to Serie A), Reggiana and Inter in Italy. He also trained in Russia (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Turkey (Besiktas and Galatasaray), Romania (Dinamo and Rapid Bucharest) and also the Romanian and Turkish national teams.
Source: La Verdad
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