Important milestone at home Messina Rugby. Captain Giovanni Rizzo he, in fact, reached one hundred appearances with the club’s shirt during the last championship match, lost with a result of 31-17 at the stadium Dell’Oste of Pacevecchia against the Benevento. For the athlete from Messina, who boasts 29 tries and 145 points on a personal level, it was the fifty-second match played with the rank of captain. Rizzo reaches another centenary in the special ranking, Eros Tornesicurrently at 119 appearances.
Messina Rugby in full force
This is the note that the club dedicated to him: “Statistics that indicate belonging, attachment to the shirt and dedication as well as the ability and desire to be on the pitch, also and above all, when it comes to guiding your teammates in those matches that are cold and absent, mud and inexperience, errors and shots “genius”, for most they have already written the ending, but for those who wear a horizontal striped shirt they are exactly the ones to play. Giovanni prefers the latter in the third half, after having played great in the first two halves: throwing into touch, leading the maul, pushing between the two props, talking to the referee, encouraging his teammates, interpreting as best as possible what this wonderful sport asks for: fun and determination, pride and dignity.”
Giovanni Rizzo entering the field with his teammates
In the match that saw Giovanni Rizzo reach one hundred, the captain did not score but Messina won with great merit 17-7 at the end of the first half. They scored with a Federico conversion Longoone goal each for Gabriele Fracassi and the brothers Antonio and Leonardo Forty while Marco made his first team debut Russian. The championship commitments continue and next weekend Messina will face the Rugby L’Aquilaa team heading towards promotion in a match that promises to be very difficult.
On the pitch in Benevento there were Checco Dejean, Nando Radulescu, Ismail Kese, Antonio Quaranta. Sidik Ouedraogo, Leonardo Quaranta, Fefo Longo, Alberto Mangano, Luca Vinci, Eros Tornesi, Gabriele Fracassi, Tani Hasanoviq, Giovanni Rizzo, Peppe “Johnny May” Maggio, Gaetano Spadaro, Marco Russo, Fabio Tripodi, Nicola Alibrandi, Sandro Miduri and Giorgio Blandino.
