Mircea Lucescu, worried: « Give me solutions too »
The coach of the Romanian national team, Mircea Lucescu, said on Wednesday, at the launch of a sports training center, that he is satisfied with the quality of the matches in the Superligi play-off and that if all the matches were at the same level Romanian football would take a step in front.
‘If the whole championship was the quality of the play-off matches, I think we would take a step forward. They are the most important matches and each of the teams can win or lose. It’s an extraordinary balance, « said Lucescu.
Regarding the average number of passes without mistake the Romanian players succeed, the technician was unhappy.
‘Of course, Romanian football is much slower than in the rest of Europe. I do not want to discuss with how many seconds, I can discuss about the number of average passes, which is around three passes, then I lose the ball. It can be seven, it can be one. In western Europe they reach the average and eight steps without losing the ball, which means an extraordinary dynamics. I know an angle of play, a perfect technique, in very difficult conditions, on very restricted spaces, I can control it, « he said.
Mircea Lucescu was also worried about the large number of players of the national team during the recovery period: ‘Give me solutions to recover some players. That’s the whole problem. Let’s see what will happen. ‘
The coach praised the initiative to build modern children’s training centers, but specifying that they must be accessible in disadvantaged environments.
‘It is beneficial, for sure. We do not know what financial success can be, because not all children can afford. I also spoke with the owners of this club to find solutions, reducing the costs, to go to the outskirts. Because, in general, poor families give their children to football, hoping they will have a career. The others do for pleasure, then they go to school, do something else. It is very interesting, but we, in my time, did with the wall, which was with numbers on the wall, without lights, but we were very loud. I remember doing an hour, only on the wall, for coordination, for reactivity, speed in movements, return, all. Now, of course, everything has been modernized, with lights, but it’s the same. But this accelerates the process of forming children. The technology is normal to reach the level of children, to help them. And it can help them a lot, except it’s hard, when you think of the financial part for a parent, how much can it do? Three hours a week. Maybe in a month and the whole salary gives it for training. But otherwise, the idea is very good. I hope time to improve this way of training children, reducing the costs a little, because you train here costs a lot. And to be introduced in children and junior centers, it is used everywhere, « said Mircea Lucescu.
Elite Skills Arena inaugurated on Wednesday at the Sema Park in Bucharest, a modern training center, based on technology and intended to prepare athletes of all ages.
The launch event was attended by the coach of the national football team of Romania, Mircea Lucescu, the president of the National Sport Agency, Bogdan Matei, representatives of the Romanian Football Federation, the former international Florin Răducioiu and three players of the FCSB team, the champion in Titre, Vlad Chiricheș and Alexandru Lixandru.
