There are only four days left until the end of the Serie B championship, and for the Bari, currently in the playout zone, every match will be decisive in terms of salvation. On Saturday afternoon, the team coached by Mister Giampaolo will be at San Vito “Gigi Marulla” to face the Cosenza, a team that, like the red and white team, is fighting not to be relegated. There are several militants among the ranks of the Calabrians former cockerels: let’s see their performance so far this season.
In goal, Viali’s team fields the former Alessandro Micai: the goalkeeper born in 1993 played over one hundred matches with the Bari shirt from 2014 to 2018, and remained in the hearts of the red and white fans, as also demonstrated by the welcome that the Curva gave him at San Nicola in the first leg match. This year he hasn’t missed a single minute and has conceded 38 goals, making him a cornerstone of the rossoblu team.
The captain is the left back Tommaso D’Orazio, who wore the Galletti shirt for six months in the 2020/21 season in Serie C, scoring a goal and four assists before being sold to Ascoli in January. This year 21 appearances, one goal and a starting shirt lost after the arrival of Gianluca Frabotta, right from Bari, in the winter market. The former Juventus full-back, after a less than exciting first part of the season in Puglia, largely redeemed himself in Calabria: 14 appearances, 3 goals and one assist.
In attack there are two old red and white acquaintances, Manuel Marras and Gennaro Onesie. Marras spent a year and a half in Bari (10 goals in 48 appearances) before falling out with sporting director Ciro Polito and moving to Crotone. This season, 2 goals and 6 assists in 29 games. The team’s goalscorer, however, is Gennaro Tutino, who played only 14 minutes with the red and white shirt in 2016. This year, in the championship, he has scored 15 goals: he is currently second in the Serie B top scorers together with Brunori, behind Pohjanpalo.
