Casertana-Messina 1-1
MARKERS: 25′ st De Sena (M), 18′ st Egharevba (C).
CASERTANA (4-3-2-1): Zanellati 6; Llano 6.5, Gatti 5.5, Kontek 6, Fabbri 5.5 (8′ st Falasca 6); Damian 6.5, Collodel 6.5, Carretta 6 (28′ st Bunino 6); Proia 6 (8′ st Paglino 6), Egharevba 7 (39′ st Bakayoko sv); Compartment 5. Available. Pareiko, Vilardi, Heinz, Bacchetti, Deli, Iuliano, Bianchi, Giugno, Asencio. All. Pavanel 6.
MESSINA (4-3-1-2): Krapikas 7; Lia 6 (38′ st Morichelli ng), Dumbravanu 5.5, Marino 4.5, Ingrosso 5 (26′ st Gyamfi 6); Petrucci 6.5, Buchel 6.5 (38′ st Anzelmo sv), Garofalo 6.5; Crimes 6; Luciani 5.5, De Sena 6.5 (23′ st Frisenna 6). Available Kurtosi, Ndir, Re, Cominetti, Morleo, Adragna, Mameli. All. Bankers 6.5.
REFEREE: Zago di Conegliano 6.
Linesman: Pilleri-Nicosia. Fourth official: Giordani.
WARNINGS: Vano (C), Llano (C), Lia (M), Buchel (M), Collodel (C), Garofalo (M), Dumbravanu (M), Marino (M).
NOTES: 1,500 spectators. Corners: 6-1. Recovery, st 2′, st 4′.
Messina drew in Caserta on the day of Banchieri’s debut and after a troubled week. For the first time on the Giallorossi bench, the Piedmontese coach opts for the 4-3-1-2: the “new” Dumbravanu and Ingrosso in defense, the newly arrived Buchel in the middle of the field and Crimi behind Luciani and De Sena, the other reinforcement of Messina’s important winter market. And the performance is positive, net of a few too many carelessness in defense, to be recorded in the first real week of work to come. Casertana tries to impose its game at the start of the match and in the 11th minute there are shivers for the Messina rearguard: Marino comes out on Damian’s cross from the right, the ball crosses the area and reaches Vano, who is lost by Dumbravanu and the non perfect diagonal from Lia, she has time to hit, very badly, with her head. In the 21st minute Carretta does it all alone, who centers and shoots with his left foot: the ball is aimed at the top corner, but Krapikas flies to deflect it into the corner. Messina crushed, but at the first opportunity Banchieri’s men strike: a restart led by Lia, who flies to the right and serves a low shot to De Sena, who skilfully slides to push the ball into the goal. Once the result is unlocked, the scoring opportunities are wasted. Having taken the blow, Casertana threw themselves forward again and in the half hour they missed the opportunity to equalize with Carretta, who ruined Egharevba’s excellent work. A minute passes and Messina could double their lead: this time De Sena is out of luck and, launched towards goal by Garofalo, kicks diagonally from a tight angle and hits the post. Casertana again in the 39th minute, when the unleashed Egharevba (what a pain for Lia and Garofalo in coverage) puts another good ball in the middle, which Llano slips, involuntarily triggering Vano in the small area: the attacker also misses this one, but is pardoned by the signal offside. However, the performance of the Messina rearguard was insufficient, and in the 41st minute they fell asleep again, when Marino was preceded by a header from Proia and it took the best Krapikas to lift the Campania attacking midfielder’s header into a corner. The second half begins and Marino – perhaps having been fouled – gets caught again with a high ball, which Vano heads towards goal. Krapikas is still decisive, then Proia fires a shot over the crossbar. In the 7th minute, however, Messina scores their second woodwork of the day: Petrucci’s corner, Dumbravanu stands out in the middle of the area and hits the upright with his head. At 18′, the game changes again. De Sena, launched by Garofalo, loses the moment and is stopped by Zanellati. The Campania equalizer comes from the reverse in front: Llano crosses from the right, Marino and Dumbravanu miss, Egharevba shoots under the crossbar. Casertana believes in it and the Collodel show begins: the midfielder comes close to making it 2-1 diagonally, calls Krapikas into another extraordinary save on a torpedo from 25 meters and misses a header, once again highlighting the difficulties of the Giallorossi defense in the air. Thanks to tiredness, the pace drops, there is a thrill in the 42nd minute for Messina, when Falasca’s free kick almost reaches Kontek stationed at the far post. The defender misses the ball. It ends like this, the draw leaves the distances in the standings unchanged. The Campania team maintain their +4 lead over Messina: with this gap, if the championship ended today, the playout would be disputed between the two teams.