Messina-Nissa: the live coverage of the match

51' Finished. Nissa wins. The goal by Terranova decides the match.

45' 6 minutes of stoppage time awarded.

43' Post for Messina. Roseti, with a header, hits the woodwork connecting well with the cross from Oliviero. 

40' Another substitution for Messina. Kaprof comes on for Tourè.

37' In Nissa, De Felice comes on for Alagna.

34' Feola takes off Garufi and brings on Saverino.

32' Kragl with a great shot from distance hits the inside of the post to the left of Giardino, with the ball crossing the entire goal and ending up in the back.

31' The goalkeeper of Nissa, Castelnuovo, is booked for time-wasting.

30' Corner by Pedicone, header by Clemente goes wide.

28' An explicit request from the Messina fans to show some guts to their players.

25’ Huge chance for Nissa to double the lead: Rapisarda crosses from the right, Trasciani slips allowing Sarao to control and shoot on goal but Giardino saves with his feet.

16' Roseti comes on for Zerbo in Messina. In Nissa, Sarao and Kragl come on for Rotulo and Terranova.

15' Weak shot by Tourè from the edge. Ball goes wide.

10' Nissa close to doubling with Palermo cutting in and taking a right-footed shot to the opposite post that Giardino deflects for a corner with the tips of his fingers.

3' Palermo takes a cross-shot that Giardino tips onto the crossbar.

We resume. Messina makes two substitutions at halftime: Pedicone and Tedesco come on for Werner and Matese.

First half finished. Nissa leads 1-0 thanks to the goal by Terranova.

47' Oliviero served in the area, surpasses Castelnuovo with a lob trying to assist Zerbo but the number 20 of Messina is anticipated by a defender. 

45' 2 minutes of stoppage time awarded

43' Zerbo's free kick from the right corner of the giallorosso attack: the ball goes well over the crossbar

36' Tourè shoots from the edge more out of nerves than precision, the ball goes well wide.

34' Giuseppe Tedesco has started warm-up exercises for Messina

33' Lanza booked for pulling Tourè

30’ De Caro crucial in stopping Palermo's entry into the area on a counterattack

28' Oliviero's run on the right who, from the byline, puts in a low cross for Zerbo anticipated at the last moment

25' Messina struggles to build a dangerous play, making several mistakes in passing and the crowd starts to murmur

17' GOAL NISSA. Vertical pass from Cittadino to Terranova who finds the Messina defense unprepared, Giardino feigns an exit then retreats: all easy for number 17 of Nissa who with his right foot, diagonally, finds the advantage

13’ Nissa's counterattack with Rapisarda, with a cross on which Giardino came out promptly and providentially to anticipate Terranova.

12’ Not a perfect exit from Castelnuovo at the edge of the area on Aprile, Zerbo miscalculates the lob and the Nissa goalkeeper can easily block it

9' Matese booked for foul on Alagna who was starting a counterattack

5' A banner is displayed by the south curve fans in memory of Daniela Zinnanti, the 50-year-old killed last Monday in Messina

3' Nissa immediately ahead, earns the first corner kick but does not capitalize on the opportunity properly.

1' Started five minutes late. Kick-off taken by Nissa

The teams are now making their entrance onto the field, a few minutes late. Messina in all white, Nissa in completely red. 

The official line-ups:

The teams are now making their entrance onto the field, with a few minutes delay. Messina in all white, Nissa in completely red.

Messina (4-3-3): Giardino; Clemente, Trasciani, De Caro, Werner; Matese, Garufi, Aprile; Zerbo, Tourè, Oliviero. Bench: Sorrentino, Bosia, Pedicone, Kaprof, Papallo, Maisano, Saverino, Roseti, Tedesco. Coach: Feola.

Nissa (3-5-2): Castelnuovo; Tamajo, Bruno, Cusumano; Rapisarda, Palermo, Cittadino, Rotulo, Lanza; Terranova, Alagna. Bench: Mondello, Agnello, Tumminelli, De Felice, Silvestri, Bonta, Kragl, Napolitano, Sarao. Coach: Di Gaetano.

Referee: Cafaro from Albra-Bra (Scorteccia from Florence and Cavallari from Ravenna)

Good afternoon from the “Franco Scoglio” stadium. On the field, at 3 PM, Messina and Nissa for a match of significant importance for both teams with diametrically opposed goals. Messina is fighting in the play-out zone of the standings (after recovering the 14 penalty points), while Nissa is in full contention for promotion to Serie C.

It is raining in Messina, the sky is dark and the forecast does not predict any improvement.

(Photo Francesco Saya)