Napoli, a year long pagellone: Koulibaly at the top, Verdi and Diawara flop


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How do the teachers say? The child is good, but does not always apply, indeed sometimes he gets distracted from looking out the window. Our pagellone is the evaluation between how much the team could give and how much it actually gave. Napoli has achieved an excellent second place, with a qualification for the Champions ever questioned. Napoli – as a company – can only be happy. But the Azzurri had to be much more present in the championship fight and play the key games with more personality. For example, that of the Italian Cup with Milan, in addition to the two with Arsenal. It is a prestigious second place, which will have even more value over time. But very different from that of 12 months ago when it was clear that Napoli was the moral winner, because the championship had not been won by the best ones, those who had played better, pulled more, given more show. Those who had tried not to play and survive had won. This second place is, in some ways, more satisfying in terms of technical convictions: the turnover promised by Carlo to De Laurentiis led, more or less, to the same verdicts as Sarri. And it was a constant turnover of men, even if anchored to the same gaming system, that is the 4-4-2- in the non-possession phase and a 4-2-and-fantasy when the Azzurri had it. Ancelotti uprooted the tactical weeds and planted one (often) amusing offensive garden. He has proven to be capable of super tests but also of nonsense tests. When Napoli gains balance and reinforcements, it will be able to bridge the gap in Italy from Juventus and in Europe. In the eyes the magical nights with Liverpool, but also the two with the Psg. Then the break (even physical) in the highlight of the season, from January until mid-April. The elimination by Arsenal is another sore point, because it first matured in London played without desire and without bite. Napoli will play the Champions and will cash the Uefa jackpot money: thick players are needed to raise the bar, otherwise it will be another good season of highs and some (lethal) low.

From: Il Mattino.

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