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Few years ago, Hany Said was one of the Egyptian hot
prospects as defender. He caught the eye of Italian
Serie A side AS Bari but since his arrival, he didn't
play regular first team football in his first year.
In the 2nd year he started to participate with his
team during the final phase of Serie A. Unfortunately
for Hany, his team ended last and has been relegated
to Serie B. Read this special report on Said:
Success phase:
After long weeks of being benched, Said's coach decided
to run the risk and give the player the chance to express
himself and to introduce a new talent to Italian Serie
A. Bari were fighting against relegation but Said made
the difference, he played as defensive midfielder and
he marked many of the big boys in the Serie A.
Said was a solid and determinant performer on the field
and he gained respect from his coach as he provided
a link between the defense of his team and their attack,
with Said's dribbling skills, vision , anticipation
and great determination, he booked a permanent place
among the starting eleven.
Said shined once in Serie A when he scored a marvelous
goal against Verona, his goal was chosen as GOAL OF
THE WEEK in Serie A. (Download the goal from multimedia
page)
Relegation phase:
AS Bari's unfortunate Said relegated to Serie B and
the club sold his best player Antonio Cassano to the
Serie A winners AS Roma. Our Said continued to impress
as regular player with AS Bari but this time in the
shade. (Read Said's older reports by EP from professionals
page 2)
Said's AS Bari continued to stutter in Serie B match
after match, and it was clear that the former Serie
A team will never see the light again next season as
they lie currently in the 10th position after 35 game
while they still have three games in hand, but the promotion
dream became impossible.
Ban Phase:
After carrying out a random dope testing for Egyptian
national team players, Said's sample was positive which
was confirmed by another analysis for a 2nd sample for
the player. The presence of one of illegal steroids
in Said's sample meant that the player will face a serious
ban sooner or later.
CAF banned the player for 6 months starting from the
date of the incident (30 January 2002) and consequently,
the regular with AS Bari faced similar ban from participation
in Serie B matches till the end of season.
Only 3 matches in March:
Friday March 1st, 2002: BARI - SAMPDORIA (1-1):
Hany Said played full game against Sampdoria.
Sunday March 10th, 2002: BARI - VICENZA (2-1):
Hany participated in the game as he was selected as
substitute and replaced Collauto at the start of the
2nd half.
Friday March 15th, 2002: GENOA - BARI (2-0):
Hany played as a starter but he was replaced by D'Agostino
in the half-time break.
Banned Said missed all games starting from the date
18-3-2002 till now:
Saturday March 30th, 2002: BARI - PISTOIESE 3-3
Sunday April 7th, 2002: NAPOLI - BARI 1-0
Monday April 15th, 2002: SIENA - BARI 1-1
Sunday April 21st, 2002: BARI - CITTADELLA 3-2
Sunday April 28th, 2002: COMO - BARI 2-0
Sunday May 12th, 2002: ANCONA - BARI 3-1
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