Ashley Cole wins first match in management as Cesena defeat Catanzaro

Ashley Cole has won his first match as a senior professional football manager as Serie B side Cesena defeated Catanzaro 3-1. Cole has previous coaching experience with Derby, Chelsea , England U21, Everton , Birmingham and with Gareth Southgate's England , took on his first managerial role with Cesena on March 15. He began with a 3-0 defeat to rivals Mantova on March 17 but in his second game at the club, he saw them return to winning ways. Cole's side had to come back from a goal down, after Mattia Liberali opened the scoring for Catanzaro after 34 minutes. Cesena equalised through Alberto Ceri shortly before the hour mark and as time ticked towards full-time, Matteo Piacenti put them into the lead. Patrick Nuamah was sent off for Catanzaro with three minutes left on the clock and in stoppage time, Tommaso Berti put the game to bed. It handed Cole his first victory as a manager an