Salernitana rethinks it, sensational about-face: Davide Nicola remains on the bench
The coach had been sacked on Monday, and Semplici and Mazzarri were also thought to replace him
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Davide Nicola remains on the Salernitana bench .
The club has changed his mind after the dismissal communicated on Monday , following the very heavy 8-2 defeat against Atalanta.
To replace him, the Campania players had thought, among others, of the former rossoblù Semplici and Mazzarri . Today came the step backwards, the management's decision had sparked many criticisms: on the other hand Nicola is the coach who performed a real miracle last year by taking a team in disarray and leading them to an unexpected salvation . And this year too, net of the humiliation in Bergamo, he's having a season perfectly in line with his objectives: Salernitana has an eight-point lead over the relegation zone.
"I'll tell you the truth. I received a phone call from President Iervolino who, with his always amiable and kind manners, explained to me the reasons for his decision which he took with bitterness but which was to mark the discontinuity after the very bad match in Bergamo against Atalanta." said Nicola.
« I immediately made a mea culpa, assuming all the responsibilities for an inadequate performance and the consequent heavy defeat . Because I believe in this team as well as in the men who make it up, just as I believe in the great club behind it. I asked the President with all my strength to review the exemption provision, knowing that I was touching the strings of a human soul that has a deep sensitivity to understand and strongly wants to build a different kind of football . Because I love Salerno and I blindly believe in this project», thus the coach reconstructs the story, recalling that the President was «the main architect of salvation last season».
Again: «These are the men I don't want to give up, I thank the President and I want to repay his trust with all the strength and passion I have. Now let's start again together, all of us, and tell another extraordinary football story , giving back to the grenade fans the same passion and the same sense of belonging that it shows us unconditionally. This is Salerno, this is Salerno: much more than a football team».
(Unioneonline/L)
