FC Südtirol wants to defuse unrest

On Friday afternoon, FC Südtirol takes off from Bolzano towards Bari with a SkyAlps plane. Defense chief Andrea Masiello, who was not called up by his club even though he is neither suspended nor injured, will not be on board. The 36-year-old was not selected for the important away game due to security concerns. Bari is the place where Masiello brought a gigantic betting scandal to a head in 2011. In the derby against Lecce he intentionally scored an own goal, thus sealing Bari's home defeat and at the same time the arch-rivals' relegation. Here is Masiello's own goal in the video: Masiello later confessed, cooperated with justice and served his two-and-a-half-year ban. However, eleven and a half years later, his return to Bari for the first time is out of the question. For the fans of the long-standing first division club, the central defender continues to be a red flag, as evidenced by countless insults and threats on various internet platforms in the past few days. Even the Bari prosecutor allegedly advised FC Südtirol against traveling with Masiello. The club reacted and tried to defuse the unrest in the run-up to the game by not nominating the former Serie A defender. “We don’t have to call up Masiello. The decision has been carefully considered,” said sports director Paolo Bravo on Friday on the sidelines of a press conference in the FCS Center. They did not want to go into this topic in more detail 24 hours before the important league game against the fellow promoted team from Apulia. “I’ll try to pull myself together.” FCS coach Pierpaolo Bisoli Coach Pierpaolo Bisoli tried to focus on sport, although his personality did not go unnoticed. The impulsive success coach Was sent off with a red card in the home game against Cagliari and will miss his team on the sidelines against Bari on Saturday. “It will take a lot out of me,” admitted Bisoli. At the same time he promised: “I will try to pull myself together. I can't influence my players from the sidelines, but I sit in the middle of the spectators. I will behave, but at the same time I hope that the Bari fans will respect me and not insult me.” Bari relies on the league's top scorer Bisoli, who will be represented on matchday by assistant coach Leandro Greco and his other support staff, is relying on Marco Curto as Masiello's replacement. He has to be particularly careful of the league's top scorer and Morocco's World Cup driver Walid Cheddira (9 goals this season) and the experienced Mirco Antenucci. Former FCS captain Manuel Scavone was not called up by the southern Italians, as was the case in previous games of the season. >>> Here you can read all the details about FCS opponents Bari The FCS, for its part, is once again relying on the offensive duo around Raphael Odogwu and Simone Mazzocchi as well as the recently proven forces. The game starts at 58.000 p.m. in the 14-seat Stadio San Nicola. SportNews will keep its readers up to date with a live ticker from Bari. The 13rd matchday at a glance: Fri. 11 November Ascoli – Frosinone (20.30 p.m.) Sat. 12 November Bari – FC Südtirol (14.00 p.m.) Cagliari - Pisa Cosenza - Palermo Modena – Perugia Parma-Cittadella SPAL – Benevento Venice – Reggina Ternana – Brescia (16.15 p.m.) Sun. 13 November Genoa – Como (16.15 p.m.) The table: SP G U V TV P 1. Frosinone 12 9 0 3 18:7 27 2. Brescia 12 7 1 4 22:10 22 3. Genoa 12 6 4 2 15:10 22 4. Ternana 12 6 3 3 17:13 21 5. Baric 12 5 5 2 19:13 20 6. Parma 12 5 4 3 16:12 19 7. Ascoli 12 5 4 3 16:13 19 8. Brescia 12 5 4 3 16:17 19 9. FC South Tyrol 12 5 4 3 14:15 19 10. Cagliari 12 4 4 4 13:14 16 11. Col 12 3 6 3 16:14 15 12. Cittadella 12 3 6 3 10:12 15 13. Palermo 12 4 3 5 12:15 15 14. Step on 12 3 5 4 20:18 14 15. Modena 12 4 1 7 16:17 13 16. As 12 3 3 6 12:21 12 17. Benevento 12 2 5 5 10:13 11 18. Cosenza 12 3 2 7 11:21 11 19. Venice 12 2 3 7 12:19 9 20. Perugia 12 2 1 9 8:19 7

Serie B Italy	SP	TV	P
1. Parma	34	59:32	70
2. As	34	54:37	67
3. Venice	34	62:39	64
4. Cremonese	34	43:28	60
5. Catanzaro	34	53:42	56
6. Palermo	34	58:48	52
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FC Südtirol wants to defuse unrest

FC Südtirol will try to win their tenth point in a row on Saturday in Bari. In the hours before departure to Apulia, the sporting events took a back seat.

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