the 200 million lost by ADL, the sensational background story on the withdrawal, Calzona’s shocking sentence and the only possibility for Conte

Zero to this hunger, which pisses you off even more. Where were you before? Because very little was enough, because with Empoli we saw a team walking as if it were on the Formia seafront complete with strictly Dr. Scholl clogs. Then, the threat of withdrawal, the opponent from the cover and here it is again, at times, the dominant Napoli that still resists on the walls of memory. Memories that are flames, which ignite even more the anger for all that potential that remained confined between the walls of an ‘I could but I don’t want to’. “Who knows how many times I’ve done it. I must have burned tons of your stuff. I can’t remember to forget you.”

One day of rest granted to the team, so everyone at home. The post-match period is full of tension, between sides trying to negotiate on the withdrawal issue and others who feel overtaken by some zealous union representatives. The comparison between Lorenzo Juan Jesus is scorching and the fact that the Brazilian does damage off the pitch, in addition to the disasters on the pitch, is truly no longer tolerable. A strong signal will be needed in June, the great original sin of this season will have to be atoned for: making JJ Kim’s heir.

Two goals conceded for a team ‘that doesn’t want to fight to avoid conceding goals’. Calzona had talked about it, but once again a key element escapes him: shouldn’t it be up to him to take care of the defensive phase? Why doesn’t he try to explain a fact that, if one were lucid, would be incredible: there is no match, at least in this universe, that his Napoli has finished without conceding at least one goal. Calzona talks in great detail about the improved statistics since he arrived, but dear Ciccio “Nice, nice…but how did we manage to lose 10 to 3 against Morocco?” (Cit.)

Three at the changes, one of the sore points of the limited liability coach chosen by ADL. Calzona almost never gets them right, often delays them, other times he doesn’t grasp the real need invoked by the match. Making a substitution before a corner kick is red flag stuff, if you then say that you put Ostigard on to avoid conceding goals from aerial balls and then you conceded a goal a few seconds later, then you are clearly trying to send us to the madhouse. And Ciccio again: You mustn’t take away Kvara, it’s the only joy we have left. 77 never.

Four coaches on the poker table, four cards, not all aces. The fans’ minds are already elsewhere, towards a season that will have to be about redemption. And the redemption will come from the choice of the coach: Conte is someone who, to get him into a room, you have to help him maneuver to make room for his ego as well. Can he live with ADL? The answer is no. So, ADL if you take With you is he ready to step aside to give Conte full powers? I DON’T KNOW. And above all, is it right to rely totally on a technician? NI. Lots of questions and time ticking away: the cards will soon be revealed.

Five times starter and a life that bothers him in the place where he had the surgery. Calzona talks about Traore and explains why he is playing so little. In the bright January transfer window, Napoli also managed to create this masterpiece. He removed Zielinski from the Champions League list, just to provide a purchase to the square. A purchase that turned out to be a flop, because the boy wasn’t physically ready and Napoli needed ready people. Yes, it’s really true that there’s no limit to the worst. “Haste, however, does more damage than hail!”.

Six and a half to Anguissa, which we liked a lot. True, he shot a ball to the stars that seemed to see Speroni again on the last day of the Longobarda. There in the middle, however, we saw that octopus that can really change the balance of a match. Insertions, interdiction, ability to read situations: if this is Frank, the future can pass through Frank. The discriminating factor is always the same: what role do you want to play in the Napoli of tomorrow? There is no need for extras, we need characters who don’t go hunting for authors.

Seven like the seventh place of Lazio, back in the Champions League race with the Tudor cure. Yep, that Tudor. The one who ADL had almost hired, then took refuge in the bathroom to contact Mazzarri. A bloody, conservative choice, based on the absolute nonsense of ‘anyone can coach this team’. That hesitation risks costing De Laurentiis a 200 million euros between the lost Champions League, the lost Club World Cup and the reduced value of the squad. Who knows how many times Aurelio is thinking about that NO said to the Croatian…

Eight for the performance, net of the resentment we harbor towards these guys. Napoli dominated it, they could and should have won it by a landslide, but if they don’t win it it’s only because of Juan Jesus’ nonsense, perfect punishment for retaliation for the summer Spagnino politics. This team is strong, very strong, don’t listen to anyone who says otherwise or wants to brand last year’s championship as a miracle. The values ​​are high, but they must be trained and organized by a new master, after the farewell of Prof. Spalletti. As Tony D’Amico from Any Given Sunday would say: “You are not a flash in the pan”. We will have to start again from this concept.

Nine exhausted, leaning against a pole. The image of an entire season: Osimhen, incredulous and exhausted, wondering why this senseless season. Victor gave everything, not like on other occasions, but his special nature cannot be denied. It seems absurd, but the future of this club depends entirely on him. From his farewell, the fuel will arrive to fuel the new course. Finding someone like him won’t be an easy task, no one will think of trying to save money once again to replace him. All the ambitions of the future pass through the bomber jacket of the future.

Ten Serie A matches with Calzona in the championship, to which the two matches against Barcelona are added and the coach effectively certifies the failure of his mission. He does it, without realizing it, when in the post-race conference he says that ‘finally the boys trained the way I wanted’. Without investigatory ambitions, the deduction is elementary: that before this week they had never done it. In this schizophrenic season, we have truly seen and heard them all. What we have never heard is a manager who would take strong positions against this trend. The reason? There are no managers.

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