Terrible mourning, the blue world shaken by his passing: the marriage with the striker aroused great interest in public opinion.
What will end today against Lecce at the “Maradona” was not a positive season for Napoli. The now former Italian champions not only failed to defend the scudetto but also risk remaining out of the European cups, not even qualifying for the “minor” ones such as the Europa League or Conference League. No championship-winning team, from 2000 to today, has done worse than the Azzurri, currently tenth in the standings with 52 points.
A year that began with a thousand doubts – the choice of the president De Laurentiis to rely on Rudi Garcia, fresh from a less than exciting experience in Saudi Arabia, to replace the resigning Spalletti had already convinced few at the time – and that he will end without titles and in an anonymous position in the ranking. It wasn’t enough for the volcanic president to change two coaches (Garcia and Mazzarri), and then retrace his steps and give the keys to the team to Sarri and Spalletti’s former deputy, Francesco Calzona, who in the meantime continued to maintain the role as selector of the Slovakian national team, which qualified for the next European championships. The long-awaited turning point never came and now a sort of “revolution” will be necessary to bring back the Naples to the levels achieved in the last decade.
Terrible mourning: farewell to Donna Flora, wife of Vinicius
There is still a small chance of qualifying for the next Conference League but Napoli are not masters of their own destiny. They will have to beat Lecce and hope that Torino does not get the better of Atalanta on the last day of the championship, as well as “support” Fiorentina in the Conference League final scheduled for next Wednesday in Athens against Olympiacos.
Meanwhile, De Laurentiis is already thinking about next season and is dealing with a sort of “casting” to decide who will fill the role of coach. To date, the most accredited remains Antonio Conte, eager to get back on track after his experience in the Premier League with Tottenham. In recent days, however, the entire Naples world has been shaken by the news of Flora Aida’s death Piccagliawife of the great Luis Vinicius, former striker and coach of the Neapolitan club. The two had been married for 67 years and their marriage, as Napoli Today recalls, aroused enormous interest in public opinion. Vinicio, born in Brazil, wore the Napoli shirt from 1955 to 1960, then coaching them on several occasions in the 1970s.
This content was modified May 25, 2024 11:37
