Na serious matter wey dey happen for football world as we dey yarn am now. The big coach wey dem dey call Mircea Lucescu, im condition don dey worse pass before. Dis man wey reach 80 years just dey inside induced coma after heart attack wey im suffer.
Na im pikin, Razvan Lucescu wey be manager for Greek side PAOK, don abandon im team for middle of derby match wey dem suppose play against Panathinaikos. Im just pack im bag comot go meet im papa for hospital side. Na serious family matter dis one.
Dis old coach just leave im work as Romania national team manager some days ago. Dem talk say na after im collapse during team meeting im decide to step down. But now, im condition don dey worse pass wetin dem expect before.
For Friday morning, na im dis heart attack happen. Dem carry am go University Hospital for Bucharest. First, dem talk say im condition dey stable. But now, reports from Romania dey show say im fit get just few days to live. Na heavy news dis one.
Im family don gather for hospital. Im wife Neli dey there. Im granddaughter Marilu dey there. And now im pikin Razvan don join dem. Na family matter wey don carry football matter join.
Mihai Stoichita wey be technical director for Romania team don visit am for hospital. But im talk say im no fit yarn with im former colleague. “I can’t give any news, because I haven’t talked to anyone,” im talk. “Let’s hope he’ll be fine, God willing. He can’t talk. He’s probably in an induced state to help, I know.”
Stoichita add small thing again: “He must have days, that’s important, nothing else. Whoever it was, it hurts you, especially when you had a relationship with him. We were both adversaries and friends at the same time.”
Dem dey monitor am well well for hospital. “Of course he is connected to the machines, he has extraordinary care, it is clear that someone is always checking,” Stoichita talk. “May God grant that he will be well, that he will live, that he will continue to be with us. Hope dies last.”
At first, dem get hope say im go recover. Dem don do heart surgery for am. Dem fit fifth stent for am to help keep arteries open and make blood flow better. For some time, dem talk say im dey sit up and dey yarn small. But now, im condition don dey worse for last few hours.
Dis Mircea Lucescu na big name for football. Im play for Romania 64 times during im playing days. Im start coaching for 1979 after im retire. Im first manage Romania from 1981 reach 1986.
After that, im manage big clubs like Inter Milan, Galatasaray and Besiktas. Im don coach for Champions League level. Im don manage Turkey national team from 2017 reach 2019. Im don manage Dynamo Kyiv from 2020 reach 2023. And im just return manage Romania again for 2024.
Im pikin Razvan sef na coach. Im don manage Romania from 2009 reach 2011. Im don work for Al Hilal. And im dey manage PAOK for second time since 2021.
But now, dis family matter don make am leave im team. PAOK suppose play Panathinaikos for Greek play-off game for Sunday by 5pm BST. But dem manager no go dey there. Na assistant coaches go handle the match.
Football people dey watch the matter. Dem dey pray for the old coach. Family matter don mix with sports matter. Na life and death we dey talk here.
Some people dey comment for news sites. Dem dey talk say na only God know when person go die. Dem talk say no person fit pretend say im know when another person go die. Na guesswork dem dey do.
But for now, all eyes dey hospital side. All eyes dey family side. And for football side, PAOK go play derby without dem head coach. Na different kind of pressure dis one.
The game must go on. But family matter come first. Na wetin dis situation don show us. When life and death matter show face, even big football match fit wait.
Dem dey monitor the old coach condition. Doctors dey do their best. Family dey pray. Football world dey watch. Na wait and see situation we dey now.
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