There was a special bond between Carlo Mazzone and Pep Guardiola. And to think that initially Carletto didn’t even want him, because he had used his word to convince Federico Giunti to play the role that he was of the Spaniard. However, very little was needed for a human and technical harmony to be created between the two, also strengthened by the closeness of the technician to his pupil in the months in which he remained in the pits for a disqualification for doping from which he was later acquitted six years later.
Guardiola’s invitation to Mazzone for the Champions League final, won in Rome by his Barcelona against Manchester United in 2009, is famous. Messages of mutual esteem and affection have never been lacking: Mazzone considered him as a son, Guardiola as a father. And so he did yesterday evening, at the end of Manchester City-Newcastle, when he showed up in the press room wearing the dedicated t-shirt to the famous Carletto race under the Atalanta curve on 30 September 2001, the day Pep Guardiola was officially presented to the Brescia fans (he would have made his debut a week later against Chievo, ed).
«Today Carlo Mazzone, my coach at the time of Brescia, has passed away and it’s a very sad day – he began on the microphones – I send a big hug to his wife, children and grandchildren. For me he was like a father in Italy, he was close to me in very difficult moments. He had a huge impact on all the people he met in his life, it was the same with me. Edo Piovani (Brescia team manager then and now, ed) some time ago sent me this t-shirt and I thought it was the right day to wear it».
2023-08-20 05:24:04
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