Naples, the announced revolution is near: the market launches the 3-4-2-1

Naples, 3 January 2024 – The first push to 4-3-3 it was affected by the disappointing results achieved this season and the lack of conviction in the use of the same by Walter Mazzarri and then of the players themselves: the second, the one good for making the totem of the untouchability of the scudetto form crumble, will in all probability be given by a market that should give the Napoli good players to veer towards 3-5-2 or 3-4-2-1.

The clues against Monza

It will have a key role in this announced revolution Lazar Samardzik, the great objective of the Azzurri's January transfer window which seems one step away: perhaps something more than a step away, with the Neapolitan club trying to lighten costs (set in 20 million of fixed part e 5 million bonus) with the insertion of a technical counterpart (presumably to be identified in Alessio zerbin) and theUdinese to respond in spades also to protect themselves after what happened in the summer with theInter. In short, there is still work to be done between the parties to avoid a revival of what happened just a few months ago, but optimism continues to reign supreme. The purchase of the Serbian talent, who should be linked to Napoli up to 2028 upon payment of a salary from 2,1 million per season, albeit still with the conditional prevailing for reasons of caution and always barring other twists and turns, it will be the first piece that will shift the balance on the green rectangle of Maradona. Something, to be honest, had already been seen against the Monza, but the strong emergency that had affected (and still remains) the squad available to Mazzarri it seemed to be the real driving force behind any tactical innovation glimpsed in the match that closed il 2023 of the blues. Today the music is different and plays in unison with the new ones: the same Pasquale Mazzocchi, who is currently completing the medical examinations for Stuart Villa before saying goodbye for good Salernitana, is a player who has mainly played in a three-man defense over the years. Returning to the recent past, against Monza the structure of Napoli he saw, in front of Alex Meret (which he will have for a month), Giovanni Di Lorenzo much closer to Amir Rrahmani e Juan Jesus, effectively designing an unprecedented three-man rearguard: all also thanks to the inclusion from the beginning of Zerbin and despite the proclamations on the eve of Mazzarri, which reiterated the dogma of 4-3-3 for its Napoli. Coaches, as we know, often lie in front of microphones and notebooks: even more so if they leave them on the bench jesper lindstrom, notoriously a pure winger, to deploy a profile more accustomed to climbing and therefore covering the entire flank. In short, the goalless draw achieved against the Monza it may not have served to relaunch the Azzurri's ranking ambitions but in a certain sense it has planted the seed of the revolution which will shortly, also thanks to the market so much invoked by Aurelio De Laurentiis to correct summer ugliness, it should kick off.

The structure of the 'new' Naples

The eye obviously steals the shot in the barrel Samardzic, the wild card who from midfield up can do practically everything, despite lacking the continuity that has so far prevented his definitive leap in quality. And yet, also Mazzocchi will do its part, applying to cover the entire right lane, with By Lorenzo who could therefore dedicate himself only to defensive duties indefinitely or even just to catch his breath and regain the luster of his golden days. He then returns to Samardzic, the new 'bad boy' of Serie A from the rather cumbersome family: the Serbian would be placed behind the only tip, probably the totem Victor Osimhen, Together with Khvisha Kvaratskhelia, whose centralization had been preached for some time to try to surprise those defenses that, over time, have studied their plays and movements properly. In this regard, to help Mazzarri there are ideas perhaps to be borrowed en masse from Georgia, in which the number 77 plays as an attacking midfielder with all the benefits of the case: closer proximity to the goal and consequent greater effectiveness in shooting also thanks to the avoidance of the systematic doubling tailor-made to Fourth. The left-handed lane, waiting for the long man to return Mathias Olivera, would be the responsibility of Mario Rui, while the midline would see Stanislav Lobotka e Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa intent on trying to guarantee quality and quantity. In short, on paper the Naples version 3.0 signed by Mazzarri after the one of the glories of over a decade ago and the other one seen, without too much conviction with the guise of 4-3-3, in these first months since returning to the bench, it is quickly done. Yet, between saying and doing there is a lot to do. Indeed, an ocean moved by swirling and insidious waves that bring to the surface, in the true sense of the word, the many problems that currently trouble the nights in Castel Volturno: from the incumbent Africa Cup of Nations, which he will deprive Mazzarri of precious pawns like osimhen e Anguissa, to the many injuries that continue to decimate the squad, without forgetting the declining performance (physically and otherwise) of the veterans and the unknown traditionally hidden behind every new purchase. In short, it is easy to say revolution capable of solving all the problems that beset the Napoli, both on and off the pitch. Not only that: even before that, the market operations in the balance must be closed, with the one linked to Samardzic which, without the decisive thrust, risks becoming another soap opera. Not surprisingly, come on Capital, Where Mazzocchi is carrying out the ritual medical examinations, disturbing rumors are emerging about a possible raid on the Lazio to fit into the cracks of the difficulties of the negotiation between Napoli e Udinese dictated by the deal figures, the commission percentages and also by the well-known issue of image rights. A film already seen on these screens just a few months ago, albeit with other protagonists.

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