Valerio Di Cesare, captain of Bari, spoke at the press conference. Among the many topics touched upon, Di Cesare also talks about the rumors according to which he was part of a delegation that spoke with sporting director Ciro Polito the day before Beppe Iachini’s dismissal.
“I never said whether the meeting took place or not, but in any case I feel called into question”, he reports TuttoBari.com. “For me, saying these things doesn’t do Bari any good. We have to give it our all because we absolutely cannot be relegated. There must be fire in our eyes, we all feel this responsibility.”
“To better face this period, we need something else. I’m now focusing on Cosenza, there’s no need to talk about video meetings or anything else. Everyone has their own opinion. I don’t know what many of the things that have been said have to do with it, for example when it’s about the video hours. For me the coach only paid for the points scored in the last matches. Then the comparison with the sporting director has always been there, but I’m the player and not the manager. They’ve always existed because these things come out, I grew up in a certain way. Twenty-four years of football I never allowed myself to ask to change the player or to confirm someone, I am the player and everyone has their role.”
The relationship with Iachini?
“For me there was nothing with him, little chemistry or the other things that are said. The results had a very negative impact, we know that it is the coach who pays. I have been playing football for twenty-four years and there is a little I understand, when things go wrong they always say that the team isn’t with the coach, but this is true. In my career I think I have demonstrated something as a man, it was sad to read that it was me who wanted to send the coach away It’s been said for Auteri, Carrera, Mignani and Iachini. I’m a bit disappointed, I think I’ve shown how I feel about this shirt, but I don’t think I deserve to be told that I’m killing the coaches we are primarily responsible. If there is one thing that bothers me about this year, many things come out. I am old school, for me the locker room is sacred.”
