Ion Cyriac (84 years old) was present at the Romanian sports gala to present Mircea Lucescu (78 years old) with the legendary trophy.

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The National Sports Agency, the organizer of the gala, presented Mircea Lucescu with a special cup. Ion Cyriac took the stage to make the announcement. The former tennis player attracted all the attention with an original speech.

  • “This evening I realized again that Romanians have too much money. Another proof. Instead of driving 40 minutes from home to here, I drove an hour and a half. Where is it from? Gasoline was more than a euro, but there are more and more cars. It means that we are doing really well.
  • How to do even better in sports. This holiday shows us that we are the only ones, that we have talent. We also have this small amount of money, let’s do something with it,” said Ion Cyriac.

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