Davide Massa will referee for the ninth Lecce once in his career. In all the matches, however, the Salento team never celebrated a victory. The score is 5 defeats and 4 draws. The first precedent dates back to the 2010/2011 season: Fiorentina-Lecce 1-1 (Di Michele-Gilardino). The following year, Massa refereed the defeat of Di Francesco’s team on the pitch Palermo decreed by the goals of Pinilla and Abel Hernandez. Lecce, who returned to Serie A in 2019/2020, met Massa three times with Liverani. After the victory at home Sampdoria missed by Ramirez’s header after the lead Lapadulathe Imperia referee whistled for two bitter defeats: the 2-7 at Via del Mare against Atalanta, last among friendly walls before the lockdown, and the 4-2 suffered by Sassuolo.
Finally, in 2020/2021, Massa refereed, in Serie B, Pordenone-Lecce 1-1 (Coda-Musiolik). Last year’s races definitely didn’t bode well for superstitious people. The race director of the Imperia section directed the internal defeats against Salernitana (1-2, Dia-Vilhena-Strefezza) e Verona (0-1, Ngonge). In the 2023/2024 Serie A, Massa managed Lecce-Cagliari 1-1 (Gendrey-Oristanio), the first match of the new calendar year.
With Udinese, Massa has nineteen previous matches with six wins, five draws and eight defeats
