The Italian former coach and footballer Carlo Mazzonefinder of Francesco Totti and one of the most emblematic figures of Italian football, He passed away this Saturday at the age of 86..
Born in Rome (center) in 1937 and known as ‘Sister Carletto‘ In Italy, the former coach left for posterity the record for appearances as a Serie A coach with a total of 797 appearances.
former soccer player Romeof SPALof Sienna and of Ascoliwhere he retired in 1969, Mazzone will always be remembered for his long career as a coach in which he himself led Ascoli, Fiorentina, Bologna, Cagliari, Roma, Napoli and Brescia, among many others, until 2006, the year where did he move to? away from the bench after a short spell at Livorno.
Mazzone achieved two promotions in three years at Ascolia team that in 2018 named one of the stands after him, the same year he entered the Italian Football Hall of Fame.
With ‘Fiore’ he lifted the Italian-English League Cup in 1975, a promotion with Lecce to Serie A, an Intertoto near Bolognawhere he also reached the semifinals of the UEFA Cup, and was able to return Cagliari to the Europe 21 after his last participation.
He coached for three seasons his childhood team, a Roma where he never won any trophies, but where managed to win the lifelong affection of the Romanistas by discovering and giving the leading role to the most important legend in its history, a young Francesco Totti who clinched his hand in the first team.
However, this was not the only discovery made by the technician. In Brescia, with Baggio as the main figure in attack, he delayed the figure of Andrea Pirlo in the midfield, a movement that undoubtedly affected the future of Italian football history.
In fact, also in Brescia, Mazzone kept pace with Pep Guardiolawith whom he immediately connected in football and personally, to such an extent that Guardiola himself invited him in 2009 to watch his Barcelona’s Champions League final against Manchester United.
Many teams mourned the death of the legendary Italian coach on social networks. Roma, Napoli, Bologna, Lecce, Fiorentina and Lazio were among the first to express their condolences to the family.
In addition, another legend like Gianluigi Buffon showed his sadness on social networks.
“Carlo Mazzone is a football icon who won my heart. The passion he poured into the teams was truly unique and will never be repeated. As proof of his wonderful character, I have an amazing anecdote of Parma-Brescia which ended 3-0” , commented the legendary goalkeeper, recently retired.
“With the score 1-0 and 15 minutes from the end I made a triple save that saved the result. At the end of the game he caught up with me and in the middle of thirty people he said to me ‘Buffon… but what did I do to you? Now you seem to me like Lazzaro (goalkeeper)… The news of his death leaves a void that cannot be filled, but his impact will live forever”, sentence of the goal .
Minute silence in all stadiums
Before the start of all scheduled matches in all football competitions, a minute of silence will be observed in memory of Carlo Mazzone.
“To remember and honor Mazzone, the FIGC has ordered a minute of silence before the start of the matches of all competitions scheduled for the weekend, including those on Monday,” the Italian Federation reported a few minutes after the news was released. Mazzone’s death.
Source: La Verdad
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