The moment of truth is approaching for Bari, awaited by the return match of the Serie B play-outs scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday 23 May at 8.30pm on the Ternana pitch.
In a Liberati team that is heading towards a full house, we will start again from last week’s 1-1 draw at San Nicola, a result that leaves the red and whites with victory as their only chance of avoiding relegation. In fact, according to the rules, in the event of a tie at the end of the 90 minutes of regulation, extra time and penalties are not foreseen, except in the case of finishing with equal points in the regular season standings. This is not the case with Federico Giampaolo’s team who ended the championship with 41 points, two less than the Umbrians.
Bari needs the match of their lives, a refrain heard several times during this unfortunate season, but which in this last resort event represents the only way to avoid sinking into the abyss of Serie C.
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Bari’s sporting destiny is in the hands of an undeniably poorly constructed team, incapable of finding its own identity over the course of an entire championship with four coaches who have taken turns on the bench without anyone managing to bring about a radical change in performance. opposite to what last year brought them one step away from Serie A.
It will be a match that captain Di Cesare (41 years old tomorrow) and his teammates will have to manage intelligently, without attacking with white weapons. Certainly it will not be possible to ignore a totally different approach compared to that of the first half of the first leg at the end of which the Breda team could have gone to the break with such a deficit as to make it a feat to recover the result in the match return. Instead in Terni we will start again from the balance of the goals of Nasti and Pereiro, two sure protagonists also in the return match, in which the season will be decided.
How the Ternana arrives
Roberto Breda has called up 23 players for the decisive match of the season. The injured Capuano, Boloca, Sgarbi, Mărginean, Pyyhtiä, Favilli and Żuberek are absent. The red-green eleven should follow the one seen at San Nicola with Iannarilli defending the posts, Casasola, Dalle Mura, Lucchesi in defence. In midfield Luperini and Amatucci next to the low top Faticanti, with Favasuli and Carboni on the outside, with Pereiro and Distefano in attack.
How Bari arrives
Federico Giampaolo will show up in Terni without the unavailable Diaw, Edjouma, Guiebre and Koutsoupias. Compared to the first leg, the red and whites’ initial scheme could vary from 4-2-3-1 to 3-5-2. In this case, in front of Pissardo there would be Pucino, Di Cesare and Vicari. In the middle of the field the trio composed of Maiello as director and Maita and Maiello as midfielders should be proposed, with Dorval and Ricci on the external lanes, while in attack Sibilli will move in support of Nasti.
Ternana-Bari: probable lineups
BARI (3-5-2): Pissardo; Pucino, Di Cesare, Vicari; Dorval, Maita, Maiello, Benali, Ricci; Sibilli, Nasti. All. F. Giampaolo
TERNANA (3-5-2): Iannarilli; Casasola, Dalle Mura, Lucchesi; Favasuli, Luperini, Faticanti, Amatucci, Carboni; Pereiro, Distefano
Referee: La Penna di Roma 1
Assistants: Carbone – Giallatini
IV: Manganiello
VAR: Irrati
AVAR: Wonderful
Ternana-Bari: the precedents
In 50 matches between Ternana and Bari the red and whites have won 17 times. In the remaining matches 17 draws and 16 wins for the rossoverdi. In the 24 previous matches at the home of the Umbrians only 3 successes for the Galletti compared to 10 draws and 11 victories for the Fere. In the previous season at Liberati, played on the 4th matchday (3 September 2023), it ended 0-0, with the home team coming close to winning by hitting the post in the final minutes with Raimondo.
Ternana-Bari: where to watch it on TV and in streaming
Ternana-Bari, the return match of the Serie B play-outs on Thursday 23 May at 8.30pm, will be broadcast on TV on Sky Sport Uno and Sky Sport (channel 251) and in streaming on Dazn.
