B series
noon, December 22, 2021 – 11:26 pm
The red and white beat Potenza 2-0 despite the expulsion of Scavone at game time Cheddira’s entry into the second half was decisive. The leaders with more than 7 on the super Monopoli
from Pasquale Caputi
BARI – Bari takes just one time to file the Potenza case. Mignani’s team won 2-0 at San Nicola, unlocking the match just when it seemed to be going uphill. Scavone sent off in the second half, with the result still at 0-0, he made a void.
Complicated first half
At the beginning of the race the hosts struggled to fuel. And Potenza, for a good part of the first fraction, defended itself without too much difficulty. The main occasions happen on the feet of Scavone and D’Errico. In the first circumstance, at the height of a rugby-like action, the former Lecce midfielder takes a safe shot from a favorable position, but impacts the body of the immolated Matino. More aesthetically pleasing is the action that leads D’Errico to touch the Eurogol in the final minutes of the partial. With a devastating percussion, the former Monza midfielder cuts the field from left to right, letting go a torpedo to cross, which licks the post. The Potenza, for its part, practically never becomes dangerous, still holding the field well and leaving little space for the Bari forwards. It would take more brilliance among the cockerels, also because Botta literally preaches in the desert. And it is no coincidence that Mignani runs for cover, focusing on Cheddira.
The emotions
He is the first change, at the beginning of the recovery. Ready, go, and in the second half it’s a completely different Bari. D’Errico tries again but finds Matino on his trajectory, and shortly after Cheddira makes San Nicola vibrate with a right that enhances the reflexes of Greco, goalkeeper of Potenza. Bari is frenetic, they want and must win but without the necessary clarity. Just trying to break through the defensive line from Potenza, Scavone looks for a penalty foul, diving clearly: second yellow card of the evening and expulsion. Much better Cheddira at 18 ‘, who runs away on the left, enters the area and is knocked down by Piana. This time the penalty is sacrosanct, and Antenucci is not wrong. The game starts downhill, even if Bari has to manage the numerical inferiority. The Potenza, paradoxically, risks evening the score on the counterattack with a valuable right-footed shot by Salvemini: the deflection of the Bari rearguard is providential. The competition becomes sparkling and the most talented take the chair. Botta tries with a left with a few centimeters wide lap, Cheddira drives the visiting defenders crazy and triggers D’Errico, up on the Greco enters with an avalanche. This time D’Errico kicks himself, with identical effectiveness: 2-0 and game in the safe. With this success, Antenucci and his associates close 2021 in first place, keeping seven points ahead of Monopoli.
December 22, 2021 | 23:26
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