Bari collapses in Cosenza and scores one foot in the C pit. Di Cesare and his associates were soundly defeated 4-1 and now salvation becomes a challenge.
Giampaolo proposes the 4-2-3-1 again with which he lined up the team against Pisa, but with two important innovations: he is in goal Pissardo in place of Brenno, behind the Nasti striker there is Aramu and not Morachioli.
The first half
The start of the match was once again a nightmare for Bari. Only four minutes passed and Cosenza took the lead. Thanks to Mazzocchi, who translates the cross into the net D’Orazio after a free kick from Calò. A goal conceded, therefore, in the opening stages of the match, just as happened recently against Cremonese and Pisa. The match gets uphill, it even becomes an Everest in the 17th minute, when Tutino, served by Marras, widens the left side, beating Pissardo. Between assists and goals, three former Bari players contributed in the 2-0 which threatened to cut off the red and whites’ legs. With a photocopy action the Calabrians could even make it three of a kind, but this time Pissardo he responds presently and Bari breathes a sigh of relief. Giampaolo’s team is only starting to get going, sadly late. First it’s Kallon who attempts a left-footed shot without framing the goal, then it’s once again the former Genoa player who misses a header from a good position following a cross from Pucino. In the 37th minute the best opportunity for Sibilli who almost hits Micai on his post from a very tight angle. The “cockerels” significantly increased the pace by closing Cosenza in their own half and still coming close to scoring first with Pucino (Micai’s corner deflection) and then with an almost own goal by Camporese. The goal really came in the 44th minute, with Nasti doing well to close in on a dangerous cross-shot from Sibilli.
The recovery
We go to half-time with Bari at a disadvantage but certainly in the game. In the second half the guests started strong again, capturing a sensational post with Nastiwell served by Aramu. A sensational chance, which goes hand in hand with the one that falls again at the feet of the boy from Milan school shortly afterwards. Ricci finds it very well in the heart of the small area, but Nasti does not exactly demonstrate the killer instinct of the thoroughbred striker, kicking on Micai. Giampaolo tries to change the fate of the match by launching inside Bellomo, Dorval and Morachiolibut Cosenza acts melinaly, freezes the match, cunningly wasting a lot (too much?) of time, until closing the match with a jewel of Calò from a free kick with a quarter of an hour to go and with the marking of Strong with an empty net after a ferocious counterattack from his teammates. Bari is no longer there, the match ends without shocks other than a tension that cuts into slices (Bellomo was even expelled). The red and whites are third to last in the class. So they would be relegated. From bad to worse.
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