The Sarri’s worries
Now it’s official. It’s crisis.
If 2 consecutive defeats were a clue, the third is the proof. It is crisis of men and play.
The symbol footballer of this crisis
is Jorginho. The Italo-Brazilian is neither a star player nor a champion. It is a good footballer, and he was the right man in the right place. In the Napoli‘s play made of a dense network of passes and tight triangles, Jorginho was the player who used to support his teammates. So you explain the biblical number of balls touched a match. According to Sarri, the central midfielder is not the guilty but the victim. It is the victim of a team that gets longer. So the dense network of passages and tight triangles, goes to hell.
And to join the party, the inexplicable Jorginho’s passage that permits the Besiktas‘ goal.
Lots of individual errors
and even of position mistakes. As you know, a defensive line no covered, is a defensive line at risk. Do you remember the Napoli of Benitez and the large space between midfield and defense? There, attackers and midfielders opponents hurt Napoli. Well, the current Sarri’s Napoli is close relative of that team. If we add to this, the Koulibaly‘s jokes, some indecision by Reina, Maggio who looks at the ball without touch it, all the blue t-shirt close to the turkish striker, who manages to score without jumping…
It is true that this defensive error could be covered by the referee’s whistle for the obvious offside. But however, it is an error.
The attack worked
after the break against Atalanta and Roma, and despite the Milik’s absence. Many chances to score, 2 goals made, a missed penalty by Insigne who cried, and a further goal scored, perhaps unjustly canceled. The problem does not seem to be the Napoli’s attack. The lightweight trident worked well, and the Gabbiadini‘s entrance is been positive. Awaiting the return of the Polish footballer, or the transfer market in January, the sad attacker can, and must be recovered to the cause.
Also positive has been the Diawara’s debut, that napolisupporters had guessed earlier in this article. Important physical and a great personality for the African footballer. As Sarri explained, he runs more then Jorginho, and in the wide spaces is to be preferred to the Brazilian. Perhaps then, it is the case to keep him more into account, like Rog, until now between the bench and the stands.
Napoli is sick, rest and hot soup is not enough. If it is tactic problem, let’s change, if it is men’s problem, space to new faces. The Neapolitan coach has the task of finding appropriate care and the most effective medicine.