BARI CRISIS, BY CESARE: “I TAKE SLEEPING TABLETS”

“I only think about Bari’s safety: I take pills to sleep. We are not machines, we make mistakes. This week I had an emotional breakdown. I didn’t want to give you the opportunity to show me like this. They told me they were crocodile tears. But I have shown a lot in eight years in Bari.” Thus Bari captain Valerio Di Cesare comments on yesterday’s draw at San Nicola against Parma promoted to Serie A. The defender, author of the Eurogoal which rebalanced the result with the Emilians, is according to statistics the oldest scorer of the series cadet but, more than on the record, he is focused on the possibility of avoiding relegation to Serie C with the Apulians. “If a 41 year old feels like crying in a press conference, there will be a reason – he added -. In recent years we have fallen and we we’re back up, we’ll make it. We had a disastrous year but we have to believe in it.” A look at the next away match at Cittadella: “To save ourselves we must win. It’s a fundamental match, to be faced with the unity shown against the Emilians”, concluded Di Cesare.