Training innovations are not excluded, moreover Giacomo Modica had also said it after the disappointing performance a week ago in Castellammare di Stabia: «I will make my assessments», perhaps calibrated on values more in line with the moment the team is experiencing. Not failures but the attempt to identify the players who can be suitable for the current situation, in which one must be hungry and lethal, mature and mentally fit, to reach the goal, that is, salvation which just a few months ago seemed like a mirage and which now, despite the recent decline, seems absolutely within reach.
Who will take the field with Monterosi? Without Emmausso the change of formation is likely with the move to 4-3-3, while Polito will not be there in defense and Lia remains in strong doubt. From the first minute, Pacciardi could be at the center of the defense again, “failed” after the blunder against Foggia but now back on the rise. For the other central shirt, Manetta and Dumbravanu are in the running but also pay attention to a possible use of the Moldovan as a left back, in case he is preferred to Ortisi who is however recovered. But at that point, with Salvo on the right and Zunno in front, the third under should be identified. Frisenna is a candidate but there could also be some changes in attack, where both Luciani and Luciani are hot (scoring against Juve Stabia) than Ragusa, who could take over the right wing at the expense of a Rosafio who lights up intermittently. Courageous choices, which the technical staff is thinking about, because the one on the horizon is not a match like the others and we need to make sure we make the right decisions, have a good impact and close the match even better.
Game with a hot ball, in which the ideas that Messina, with rare exceptions, have always shown on the pitch this season will count, but also the attributes and courage to sink and close the salvation issue.
Messina wants the three points, Monterosi absolutely needs them due to their current ranking situation. The Lazio team are coming off a surprise draw against vice-leaders Benevento which kept their playout hopes alive, even if at this stage the standings show a gap of nine points from Turris which would condemn the team led by Cristiano Scazzola. Looking at the numbers of the second-to-last in the standings, the last away success dates back to the 27th matchday, 1-2 at Audace Cerignola. In total there are just nine (compared to nineteen for the Peloritani) out of the twenty-eight total points obtained away from friendly walls, the result of two victories, three draws and twelve defeats in seventeen matches. The suspended Sini will not be there, with particular attention to Michele Vano, who has scored nine goals so far.
