GdS: “Ascoli-Catanzaro, special match of Nicolini: “It would have been a Mazzone match””

“Ascoli-Catanzaro, special Nicolini match: “It would have been a Mazzone match”,” the headline reads Southern newspaper.

One glows, the other sees everything black. One has been driving at a thousand miles an hour for two years, this is the realm of continuity, good play and quality work done, the other has recently changed coach and is going through difficult moments with a penultimate and unexpected place in the standings. Enrico Nicolini knows them both: in Catanzaro and Ascoli he left an indelible mark. He’s with another double ex, the huge Carlo Mazzone. Or like his friend Francesco Scorsa of Catanzaro from Soverato and the Marche flag, who died on the same day as “Sor Carlo”.
“It would certainly be a match for Mazzone,” said Nicolini, “who at Catanzaro showed himself to be a great coach, and at Ascoli he went further because he wrote the deepest history of this club. The great Ascoli is his creation, and it would be great to see him and my friend Ciccio Scorsa in the stands.”
Nicolini, Mazzone, Catanzaro and Ascoli, Soverato and Scores have a very long thread: “I am the player with the most appearances with Mazzone on the bench, 196. I had him in Catanzaro, he brought me to Ascoli. , then in Bologna, then I was his technical employee in Brescia, he was my second father. As for Scorsa, in addition to playing together, he was from Soverato, the center of which I am an honorary citizen and where I return every year. From a footballing point of view, I consider myself lucky because I was a great hero in the best moments in the history of the two clubs. I still have a good relationship with Ascoli, but I don’t go there often, and the relationship with Catanzaro continues today.”
The day after tomorrow it will be practically a rotation: “Catanzaro is no longer a surprise, rather, it is the reality of the championship. Thanks to some unsuccessful attempts by the leaders, the team has the opportunity not only to take a place in the playoffs, but also to look further ahead. Of course, the tournament is still very long, but you never know. And Iemmello’s injury can be compensated for in the short term. For Ascoli, the moment is much more difficult, I believe that they will give everything to win, but the situation is in a rush, the change of coach from Viali to Castori has not brought any benefit yet. I must say that I did not expect such a situation, there were other conditions and the team did not seem so bad to me that they would have to fight for the playoffs.” […].