 In August 2009, he was loaned to Lecce who had recently relegated to Serie B. Mazzotta made his debut 6 days later in a 2–6 loss to Sampdoria at Coppa Italia.After winning the 2009–10 Serie B title and therefore ensuring a place in the 2010–11 Serie A, Lecce used its option to buy half of Mazzotta's transfer rights from Palermo and sent the player out on loan to Serie B club Pescara.In January 2011 he left Pescara due to lack of first team opportunities in order to join fellow Serie B club Crotone, again on loan from Lecce and Palermo.