It’s the day of truth. There will be no further appeals. Messina will be on stage today at the “Aldo Campo” stadium for the match that will decide an entire season. Playout with Ragusa, only one result available: victory in 120 minutes. In the event of a draw in the 90th minute, in fact, extra time will be played with the Iblei who can also count on a draw for the best position in the standings.
“What has happened is cancelled, the championship matches, the standings, the words, we just have to think about getting a result”, said the Giallorossi coach, Vincenzo Feola, on the eve of the match, not following up on the words of his colleague Gaetano Lucenti from a few days ago. The blue and white trainer, probably also to raise the threshold of tension, had declared that, despite the four points obtained by Acr against his team between the two legs in the regular season, Ragusa had moved better and only episodes (such as Campanile’s crossbar and Memeo’s injury) had determined the outcome of those matches. «It’s a tough game – says Feola -, anything can happen, a lot of it depends on nerves. They obviously have an advantage from playing at home and from the double result.”
So what will be the race strategy?
«Ours is a team that if it starts to think or make calculations, it gets into difficulty. We have to play loose and free from the first minute, be good at reading the moments of the match over 90 or 120 minutes. We will try to push but they will also start strong to try to close the matter immediately. Within the friendly walls they have scored many points, we must not be caught unprepared, thinking of ourselves first. We are aware but we respect them, they are young, they attack you and they also have 3-4 quality players. We must exploit their defects and not suffer their positive characteristics, stay within this balance.”
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