Mircea Lucescu: "Half of the Ukrainian national team consists of players I coached"

Former Dynamo head coach Mircea Lucescu shared his thoughts on the Euro 2024 qualifying match between Ukraine and Italy.

"Half of the Ukrainian national team consists of players I coached, having taken them under my care when they were still very young at Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.

They invited me to this moment, when the whole nation is living with great expectation and excitement, to a match that could be historic. Of course, the ongoing war makes the match even more epic. The players will bring the suffering and pride of the whole country to the pitch, and they will also want to succeed in qualifying," Tuttomercatoweb.com quoted Lucescu as saying.