Andrea Masiello's return to the Bari field is increasingly unlikely, eleven years after the sensational own goal in the derby against Lecce and the match-fixing scandal, which led to the two-year and five-month disqualification of the former Bari defender. Masiello , after that stop of sports justice, he returned to play in Serie A and now in B, but in all these years he has never again played in the Apulian capital. In view of the South Tyrolean match on Saturday in Bari, insults, ironies and even threats are flooding the social networks. His current team, FC Sudtirol, closes in an impenetrable no comment, postponing any decision to tomorrow's press conference, on the eve of the game. The red and white are still considering the possibility of leaving the 36-year-old at home for reasons of "opportunity", thus avoiding the trip to Puglia. Meanwhile, the audio of a phone call from a Bari fan to the FC Sudtirol headquarters, published by the Bolzano news portal Salto.bz, also appears. After making sure that the woman in the red and white office speaks Italian, the fan 'Nicola' asks if Masiello will be called up for the match. "Since we in Bari, and I in particular, are very fond of Masiello, we wanted to prepare him an affectionate welcome with banners at the San Nicola and with choirs". At first the interlocutor replies that she does not believe that the player will be called up, and then specifies that the decision will be made on Friday "by the coach and the medical department", assuming a physical problem.

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