Marco Guida from the Torre Annunziata section will be the referee for the second leg of the Serie B playoffs between Bari and Cagliari , scheduled for Sunday at 20.30 at San Nicola and decisive for promotion.

This was the decision of the AIA, following the controversy over Maurizio Mariani's direction of the match in the first leg match which finished 1-1 yesterday evening at the Domus with two penalties for the red and whites assigned to the monitor. As assistants Alessandro Giallatini and Fabiano Preti, fourth official Daniele Doveri, at VAR Michael Fabbri with Federico Dionisi assistant VAR.

The budget. Guida finds Cagliari again after more than two years: the last time on 21 April 2021, 0-1 at Udinese with a goal from a penalty by João Pedro.

On an overall level, they have met the rossoblùs thirteen times , with a score of five wins, four draws and as many defeats (twelve Serie A matches and one in the Italian Cup). With Bari, on the other hand, the referee from Campania is unbeaten: three wins and two draws, during the season he directed the 0-1 draw in Bolzano on Südtirol on Easter Monday. Guida has already directed a Serie B playoff final, last season's first leg between Monza and Pisa which finished 2-1.

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