Serie D, Schelotto restarts from Barletta: now he wants to convince Zarate

The Apulian club is evaluating the conditions of Mauro, who has just returned from the crusader injury. Meanwhile, El Galgo acts as a sponsor and charges the environment: “Here is another stepping stone, we want to return to the professional ranks”

Nicholas Lavacca

Ezequiel Schelotto starts again from Barletta, in Serie D. After signing the contract with the club of president Dimiccoli, which sanctioned his return to Italy after 4 years, the former Inter player has already stepped into the role of the driving force behind the red and white team aims for promotion to C. In this new football adventure in the city of the Challenge, “El Galgo” (the greyhound, due to his way of running at breakneck speed) could find his friend Mauro Zarate, who ended up in the sights of the technical director of Barletta Gigi Pavarese, who understands Argentines, given his past in Diego Armando Maradona’s Naples.

unfortunate zarate

If the 34-year-old Schelotto strongly wanted to compete once again with Italian football, the former Lazio striker Mauro Zarate (born in 1987) is back from the unfortunate interlude with Cosenza in Serie B where he only played 3 games, blocked by a ligament injury left knee anterior cruciate. Barletta is in fact evaluating the current physical conditions of Zarate who only for his prestigious palmares (two Italian Cups and an Italian Super Cup won with Lazio, as well as having worn the shirts of Inter and Fiorentina) makes the Barletta fans dream, already enthusiastic for the arrival of Schelotto. In his album of memories, the “greyhound” holds some original gems, such as the famous goal scored with the Inter shirt, about ten years ago, in the derby against Milan (1-1) on 24 February 2013. But , there are other important moments in his career lived when he played in Cesena, Catania, Atalanta, Sassuolo, Parma and Chievo, not counting the experiences in the blue shirt with Pierluigi Casiraghi’s Under 21 team and Cesare Prandelli’s national team.

the words

On the first day with Barletta, Ezequiel Schelotto took a small step back in time: “15 years have gone by since I won double promotion to Serie B and Serie A with Cesena. That’s what I plan to do with Barletta too , to return to the professional ranks. I don’t consider the Serie D championship a downgrading, but a further stepping stone for me. I wanted at all costs to return to play in Italy where I plan to end my career as a footballer to then make the coach. I’m fine physically and I think I can still give the best of my repertoire as a winger, even if I can play any position. Coach Ginestra will decide.” And maybe paired with Zarate, it will be even more beautiful to relaunch Barletta at a tango pace.



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