Call him Mr. Wolf, because wherever he goes he solves problems. Davide Nicola he did it again. In January Empoli called him to help, to reawaken a team that seemed flat and unconvinced. In just a few months Nicola was able to strike the right chords, convincing his players of his working methods and his mentality on the pitch.
He brought light back to the team, which, in the midst of a thousand difficulties, was able to come together and reach the last act of the season with its destiny in its own hands. Salvation is mainly thanks to him, because thanks to the competitive energy he conveyed he managed to overshadow the errors of evaluation made by the club during the two markets, the summer one and the winter one.
Empoli strongly wanted this salvation. She never gave up, she suffered, gritted her teeth, cursed bad luck or inaccuracy. But Niang’s late goal sweetened everything, making an evening that has already gone down in history special and magical. Never had Empoli achieved salvation in their third year in Serie A, never had they achieved it in their last dive within friendly walls. In the 1986/87 season Osio’s goal had opened the doors to reconfirmation in the top league, but the victory was obtained on the Como pitch. Empoli have earned another spin on the Serie A carousel, and for a city of 50,000 that’s no small feat.