Mission accomplished for Bari who managed to avoid relegation to Serie C by achieving victory on the Ternana pitch, beaten with a solid 0-3 after the 1-1 draw in the first leg at San Nicola.
At Liberati, where success was the only result contemplated to avoid the abyss of relegation, Valerio Di Cesare was once again decisive: on the evening of his 41st birthday the red and white captain broke the deadlock in injury time of the first half .
In the second half came the early second goal scored by Giacomo Ricci and about half an hour from the end Peppe Sibilli scored the hat trick which definitively swept away the nightmare of relegation. Ternana were condemned to Serie C, for which a draw would have been enough to save themselves given the best position in the standings at the end of the regular season, but which collapsed in the return match.
A nightmare season ends for Bari who hadn’t won away since 29 October. He can breathe the entire red and white fans, left with bated breath after a heart-pounding end to the season, which could have had a catastrophic outcome just one year after the promotion to Serie A which they came close to and lost to Cagliari.
Now the red and whites can celebrate, but in a few days it will inevitably be time to take stock, especially after the words of Aurelio De Laurentiis on the eve, which had further inflamed an already incandescent environment.
Ternana-Bari: the news
After 15 seconds Maiello’s shot from the edge of the area, the ball goes out high to the left of Iannarili. In the 5th minute Carboni kicks, Dorval fouls in the corner. 11′ triangle between Ricci and Sibilli, with the latter shooting from a tight angle, shot deflected for a corner by Iannarili 18′ shot from the edge of the area by Amatucci, the ball goes just wide to the right of Pissardo. Two yellow cards in a few minutes for the red and whites, yellows for Maita and Maiello. Ternana were very close to taking the lead in the 26th minute: Favasuli joked with Vicari with a feint and kicked but just missed the target. Opportunity for Bari in the 31st minute: Sibilli catches Di Cesare at the far post who almost gets there in the split, hitting the upright. Shortly afterwards the captain was forced to draw a yellow card for Dorval’s disengagement error. Bari took the lead in the first minute of injury time with a half overhead kick from Di Cesare which hit Sibilli’s corner perfectly.
Attacking change after the break for Breda. Faticanti out, Raimondo in. Despite the offensive move by the Umbrian coach, Bari found the second goal in the 52nd minute: Dorval’s cross from the right, Benali and Nasti missed it, but the ball reached Ricci who controlled it and kicked between Favasuli’s legs, beating Iannarilli. In the 56th minute de Boer comes on for Carboni in Ternana, then the red and whites also switch with Lulic for Maiello. In the 59th minute Pissardo saves Distefano on the development of a corner for the home team, red and white goalkeeper on the attempt. Red and white apotheosis in the 65th minute: Dorval intervenes defensively early and passes to find Sibilli all alone on the left, the red and white 20 controls, comes back on the right and shoots, a deflection by Dalle Mura and Iannarilli is beaten for the third time. In the 84th minute Benali’s poker goal was annulled due to offside by Morachioli who had made the save for the Libyan. In the final triple substitution: Puscas, Acampora and Matino on for Maita, Sibilli and Dorval. After 6′ of added time, the liberating scream could erupt from the red and white bench and the approximately 200 fans in the away section.
Ternana-Bari 0-3: the scoreboard
BARI (3-5-2): Pissardo; Pucino, Di Cesare, Vicari; Dorval (87′ Matino), Maita (87′ Acampora), Maiello (57′ Lulic), Benali, Ricci; Sibilli (87′ Sibilli), Nasti (69′ Morachioli). Available: Brenno, Bellomo, Achik, Zuzek, Akpa-Chukwu, Colangiuli, Aramu. All. F. Giampaolo
TERNANA (3-5-2): Iannarilli; Casasola, Dalle Mura, Lucchesi (77′ Dionisi); Favasuli, Luperini, Faticanti (46′ Raimondo), Amatucci, Carboni (56′ de Boer); Pereiro, Distefano. Available: Vitali, Franchi, Bonugli, Zoia, Sørensen, Ferrara, Viviani, Labojko, N’Guessan. All. Breda
Referee: La Penna di Roma 1
Assistants: Carbone – Giallatini
IV: Manganiello
VAR: Irrati
AVAR: Wonderful
Scorers: 45’+1 Di Cesare (B), 51′ Ricci (B), 65′ Sibilli (B)
Notes – yellow cards: 21′ Maita (B), 22′ Maiello (B), 34′ Di Cesare (B), 45′ Dalle Mura (T), 61′ Nasti (B), 73′ Lucchesi (T), 89′ Acampora (B), 90’+4 Luperini (T), 90’+6 Dionisi (T). Red card: 78′ Bellomo (B) not from the field. Recovery time: 2′, 6′. Attendance: 11,483 (203 guests)
