In Bologna the season of Napoli ended with a defeat, which confirmed the second place in 2018. In the end-of-year recital suffered two goals from the rossobls, saved by a week. And then those of Ghoulam and Mertens, who rekindled an extinct team when he took over from Insigne, confirming how much weights in the economy of the blue attack (reassuring, therefore, the direct confirmation of his stay in Napoli). When it seemed that victory could be won, the Santander network and the last drops of bitter arrived. Stroke at 79 points. The Champions qualification, at other times, would have been greeted with enthusiasm and instead there were different reactions – from satisfaction to disappointment – in the fans, which also turned out to be overall cold compared to the team, as the turnout data to the San Paolo confirm . Did the Neapolitan people become overly demanding? He would have expected a better second part of the season, but Napoli was rarely brilliant, stopping in the quarterfinals in the Italian Cup and the Europa League, two of Ancelotti’s three goals: the other was the scudetto, blurred already at the end of the group stage. gone.
The arrival of one of the most successful coaches in the history of world football had led to believe that it was possible to lift a trophy, five years after those won by Benitez. The excellent performance in the first phase of the season – also in Europe: in the Champions League the Blues were eliminated for the difference of a goal compared to Liverpool, which is preparing to play the second consecutive final – he had let assume a more rapid and painless passage from Sarri to Ancelotti and instead Carlo will be able to affect more starting from the next year, if he manages to have the players – of quality and experience – to carry out the technical project, only hinted in these months. He has already assured loyalty to Napoli regardless of the contractual constraint and a maxi-offer from abroad that some intermediaries would have liked to present to him in a few days. The coach had expressed some time ago the intention to prolong the relationship with the Napoli and De Laurentiis had revealed to want to do the Ferguson of the club, that is the highest and constant technical reference point. And already in October the president had announced that the parties were working to bring the contract from 3 to 6 years.
From: Il Mattino.
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