He evidently remembered, because Peppe Ursino he is a football man. He may have seen many matches but evidently there are some that remain with you forever. One of these was Perugia-Crotone on November 20, 2021. The match was played at the Renato Curi and decided by goals from Lisi and Matos. The return match, at the Ezio Scida stadium, on April 3, 2022, was a draw: 1-1 with goals from Oliveri for the Umbrians and the equalizer from Maric on a penalty.
In that championship Crotone ended with a sensational relegation to Serie C, with Modesto, Marino and Modesto again alternating on the bench of the Pythagoreans. Perugia of Massimiliano Alvini instead he reached the playoffs as 8th and was eliminated in the first round after a dramatic match in Brescia. He was ahead twice with Kouan (also at the Cosenza in the next championship) and Matos. But in the second extra period Bianchi was decisive with an assist and a goal in the 118th minute.
That Perugia was a great one. Aggressive, who played football. A bit like Gasperini and who had impressed Peppe Ursino, in what was then his 27th and final season as sporting director of Crotone. He had liked that Perugia so much and sent the ambitious Delvecchio to knock on Alvini’s door. And it was love at first sight. “A privilege for me to be the coach of Cosenza”, said Alvini on the day of the presentation. A privilege, certainly the child of that memory that never faded in the thoughts of Peppe Ursino…
