Like in a fairy tale, he thinks about it Valerio Di Cesarein the last match before saying goodbye to football, to drag the Bari to salvation. The 41-year-old captain, who in the first leg of the play-out playoff had greeted the San Nicola crowd with emotion, he wanted to give a final gift to the team with which he played 234 times over 8 seasons: in full injury time in the first half he scored the goal that changed the course of the match allowing Bari to gain the confidence to eventually pass 0-3 to Liberati and to condemn the Ternana to the rrelegation in C after three years. On the other hand, Di Cesare had promised it after the bitter 1-1 draw a week ago: “I can’t accept ending my career like this, with a relegation”, he said. “I can’t say goodbye like a loser.” He kept his word. And now in Bari they will welcome him as a hero.
Di Cesare unlocks the result with a feat
Condemned to win by virtue of the worst placing in the championship, the team of Giampaolo she started out determined and immediately caused concern Iannarilli with Sibyls. The Ternana replica was entrusted to Favasuli who missed the target with his left foot. The guests insisted and shortly before the break (47′) they were rewarded: on a corner from Sibilli’s right, Di Cesare disguised himself as a striker and in a flying half-turn he beat the innocent Iannarilli with his right.
Ricci and Sibilli close the score
Breda the card was played Raymond but Ternana did not have the opportunity to recover. Already in the 51st minute, in fact, Bari doubled their lead: cross from the right by Dorval For Nasti which he extended for Ricci who hit Iannarilli again with a great left turn. The Umbrians’ last hopes vanished in the 59th minute Of Stefanofrom a few steps away, saw the ball hit the post after a touch Pissardo. Bari breathed a sigh of relief and in the 64th minute put salvation on ice thanks to Sibilli who, fed in the area by Dorval, beat Iannarilli again, thanks to the decisive deflection from From the Walls. Ternana raised the white flag and in the nervous final (Bellomo sent off after a comparison between the benches, ed) also risked cashing the poker from Nasti and Dorval. For the Umbrians, a bitter epilogue, for Bari, however, a breath of fresh air at the end of a tormented season, which began with very different objectives.
