Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mekudzidzisa timu yenyika yeRomania kwaakatungamira timu kuoneka kwavo kwekutanga kumafainari eUEFA European Championship, Lucescu aive nebasa refu muItari, kwaakadzidzisa makirabhu akati wandei sePisa, Brescia, Reggiana neInter Milan. Ipapo akatora mutoro wekirabhu yeTurkey Galatasaray, iyo yaakakunda nayo
UEFA Super Cup vachirwa neReal Madrid muna 2000. Pasi pehutungamiriri hwaLucescu, Galatasaray yakasvika kumaquarter-fainari paEFAFA Champions League mumwaka wa2000-01. Mumakwikwi emakota ekupedzisira, vakarasikirwa neReal Madrid. Mugore rimwe chetero, akarasikirwa neTurkey League zita kune vanokwikwidza Fenerbahçe. Gore rakatevera, Galatasaray yakakwanisa kuenda kuchikamu chechipiri cheChampions League uye vakakunda mukombe weTurkey League pasi pekutungamira kwake. Lucescu akadzingwa pakupera kwemwaka, kunyangwe kuhwina mukwikwidzi weligi, uye akatsiviwa naFatih Terim.