Looking the players in the eyes and focusing on those who feel like it, beyond the rules. This is the recipe at Bari for Friday evening’s match at San Nicola against Brescia. Crossing from inside or outside for Di Cesare and his teammates, forced to win to guarantee participation in the playouts without having to look at the results of their opponents. The approach with sewn lips and in an environment with tense nerves (the events concerning the sporting director Ciro Polito after the match at Cittadella follow by a few days the choice of the police bodies to put the president Luigi De Laurentiis under guard) complicates the possibility of deciphering the formation choices in view of the challenge to the team coached by the former red and white Rolando Maran. Thus it is an appropriate exercise to rely on the recent past.
The only certainty is represented by the 4-man defense: on the right it is a run-off between Pucino and Dorval, with Di Cesare, Vicari and Ricci certain of a shirt ahead of Pissardo. Brawl in midfield: Benali is certain of a shirt in front of the defense while Maita’s recovery from the 1st minute appears complex. The odds for Acampora’s confirmation thus rise, with Bellomo and Lulic in the running for another shirt. Sibilli is trusted in the attacking midfield, looking for a missed goal in 10 games, while up front Nasti, Puscas, Kallon and Aramu are fighting for two places among the four. It’s more complicated to think of Achik or Morachioli from the first minute with Diaw still absent and now officially disappeared. The combinations to fend off the nightmare of direct relegation are far too simple. Bari goes to the playouts if they win against Brescia, draw or lose and Ascoli doesn’t have a better result against Pisa. They lose against Brescia, Ascoli lose against Pisa and one between Spezia and Ternana does not win. Biancorossi favorites over Ascoli and Ternana in the direct clashes and underdogs against Spezia. Kick-off at 8.30pm. It will be played in front of just over 15 thousand spectators and in an armored San Nicola: we are moving towards a decisive strengthening of the presence of law enforcement forces outside the facility.
