‘I can’t leave like a coward’: Romania’s Mircea Lucescu on illness and his World Cup dream at 80
المصدر: The Guardian Sport | Source: The Guardian SportHead coach has been preparing for playoff against Turkey in hospital and sees job as ‘duty to Romanian football’
Mircea Lucescu is fighting for one last World Cup while at the same time battling his own body. He has lived through thousands of games as a player and manager but these could be the hardest of them all: two playoff games to take Romania to their first World Cup in 28 years.
Lucescu is 80 years old now and has not been well – but he has lost none of his energy, nor love for the game. Since December he has been admitted to hospital on three occasions but here he is, with an espresso in front of him, discussing his long career, the playoff semi‑final against Turkey on Thursday and Ukraine, a place he used to call home. He does not, however, want to disclose the exact nature of his illness for fear that it will become the focus over the next few weeks.
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