In his family tree the entry Bari on his mother’s side – born and raised in Corso Mazzini – was already there, now Moreno Longo it will be necessary to update the CV and include the Apulian capital among the places of work frequented by the coach. The De Laurentiis family chose this 48-year-old born and raised in Piedmont, who passed through Serie A with Frosinone and Turin but also for a salvation with Pro Vercelli and a relegation from B to C in Alessandria to start again. Two-year contract on the table and negotiations took off. Longo will coach Bari 2024/25. And he will be the host in that San Nicola which eight years ago, challenging the red and whites with Pro Vercelli, defined the stadium as “synonymous with the football that counts”.
Giuseppe Magalini one step away from Bari: he is the new man for the post-Polito era. And now the total coach
by Luca Guerra
08 June 2024
To Bari Longo – a former defender with stints in Serie A with Chievo and Turin and retiring at 30 – will bring his football, proactive and capable of switching from the 4-3-3 used in the Turin Primavera to the 3-5 during the course of the game -2 launched on his debut among the “seniors” and modeled in 3-4-1-2 at the time of Frosinone (developments also the subject of a lesson held in Coverciano), and the desire to redeem the bizarre farewell with Como on 13 November of 2023. Farewell after 12 days and with the team (then promoted in the end with the duo Fabregas-Roberts) capable of obtaining seven points from the last three days and with a virtual third place to chase. The reasons for the Lombard club?
Bari, Di Cesare retires. But a management role is ready for the captain
by Luca Guerra
04 June 2024
«Embarking on a new path that we hope will give greater emotions and fun to the Como fans and beyond». That dismissal caused discussion throughout Italian football, lifting the Pandora’s box of lack of recognition. Just over a month before his farewell, Longo had drawn in a 1-1 numerical disadvantage in Bari.
A street dedicated to Bari in Madonnella: via Somalia is red and white. “And with the photos of tourists our colors are all over the world”
by Marianna Colasanto
08 June 2024
«It was a great regret to have to get off a wagon that we knew was winning – the coach then told La Gazzetta dello Sport – we already smelled the possibility of going to Serie A, we knew that the club would invest in January. The path was clear, it doesn’t surprise me.” That hunger for climbing will also accompany him to Puglia. Where they await him Raffaele Maielloalready trained in Frosinone, and Valerio Di Cesare, who as a manager in pectore played a role in the negotiation. Now Longo, from Bari on his mother’s side, will be able to experience first-hand the Puglia that was in his destiny.
