Mircea Lucescu suffers a myocardial infarction when he was abo….

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Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu suffered an acute myocardial infarction on Friday morning, the Bucharest University Emergency Hospital (SUUB), where Lucescu has been hospitalized since Sunday, reported.

“During the morning, the patient suffered an acute myocardial infarction. He was taken to the emergency room and promptly received the necessary medical and therapeutic interventions, in accordance with current protocols. Currently, his condition is stable, under rigorous specialized monitoring,” the hospital said in an official statement. The same source added that Lucescu remains hospitalized in the Cardiology Department, receiving the necessary medical care.

Lucescu, 80, felt unwell at the technical meeting before the Romanian national team’s training session on Sunday and was hospitalized. This morning’s incident comes the day after his resignation as coach of the Romanian national team was made official and on the day that, according to the Romanian press, notably Pro Sport = which released exclusive images this morning before the new serious episode = Lucescu was due to be discharged.

According to Pro Sport, Lucescu was seen walking on his own two feet in the hospital corridors, accompanied by doctors. However, later, at 9:30 am (7:30 am in Lisbon), his health deteriorated. According to medical sources cited by Pro Sport, the football coach suffered a heart attack and was rushed out on a stretcher. About ten minutes earlier, and according to a source from the ward cited by the same Romanian newspaper, Lucescu had worrying blood pressure. It was 18 over 10, but it was because of nervousness, they said.

This week, during his hospitalization, Lucescu had a cardiac defibrillator implanted in surgery performed on Tuesday, and a stent was also placed on him on Thursday.