Pirlo’s farewell to Lucescu: ‘You raised me like a son’

Italy legend Andrea Pirlo bids farewell to his former Brescia and Inter coach Mircea Lucescu: ‘You raised me like a son, I’ll by no means cease thanking you.’

Lucescu, a former coach of Pisa, Inter, Reggiana, and Brescia,

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Italian legend Pirlo made his Serie A debut at Brescia in 1995, aged 16. Lucescu had been sacked by the Rondinelle just a few months earlier however remained on the membership because the technical director.

Pirlo made his Serie A debut beneath Lucescu’s assistant Adelio Moro with Brescia already relegated to Serie B.

“Thanks for every little thing, mister. I’ll by no means cease thanking you,” Pirlo wrote on , posting an image of him hugging Lucescu.

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“You raised me like a son, giving me the chance to problem myself with others once I was very younger. You taught me what it means to like this sport in all its particulars. I’ll by no means cease thanking you. Have journey, mister. Thanks, Mircea.”

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A number of years later, Pirlo performed beneath Lucescu at Inter, making 16 appearances within the 1998-99 marketing campaign.

The Nerazzurri have additionally paid tribute to their former coach with a message on social media.

GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 25: Mircea Lucescu supervisor of Shakhtar Donetsk seems on previous to the UEFA Europa League spherical of 32 second leg match between FC Schalke 04 and Shakhtar Donetsk at Veltins-Enviornment on February 25, 2016 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (Picture by Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Photos)

Lucescu’s final recreation was just some days in the past, as he took cost of the Romanian nationwide group within the World Cup play-off semi-final in opposition to Turkey, considered one of his former groups.

Pirlo’s social media message for Lucescu

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