EXCLUSIVE TMW – The president who brought N’Zola to Italy: “15 ‘was enough, we had to replace him …”



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Antonio Magrì is the president of the Virtus francavilla that four years ago, in 2016, brought to Italy M’Bala Nzola. The current Spezia forward, six goals at the start of the season and among the revelations of the highest category, arrived in Italy thanks to him, and the then sports director of Virtus Trinchera. “We only needed 15 minutes in a friendly, then we were forced to take him off the pitch …”.

What do you mean?
“He came to us in training. Previously, he had been ruled out by Perugia, Avellino and Casertana. On the other hand, he immediately left an excellent impression on us and during the first summer friendly he was deployed on the field while the match unfolded. We saw each other. forced to change it 15 minutes later. ”

Why?
“As he still had no contract and within 15 minutes he impressed all the observers present in the stands. To prevent him from still attracting attention, we decided to replace him and the next day we made him sign a three-year contract.

A nice certificate of esteem.
“Widely rewarded. In that season he scored 12 goals with Mr. Calabro on the bench. At that time he was a boy with some character limitations, but ours is an environment without much pressure, calm, which helped him grow. In the end from that season we sold it to Carpi, then it went to Trapani and now it is in Spezia “.

Where, in three months, he has done excellent things. Did you expect it?
“Honestly, yes, he is a player who is always capable of making a difference. And then he has improved a lot from a technical point of view, I watch his games often and I must say that from this point of view he has made a significant leap in quality. “.



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