Napoli, De Laurentiis: "Hand extended to Garcia, but I hope not to see certain errors again"

Naples, 19 October 2023 - Flat or almost calm: this is the climate you can breathe in Castel Volturno two days before the match against l'Greece Verona, the first of the famous triptych that will decide the fate of the bench of Napoli. Yet, as of now, something is cooking in the headquarters of the Neapolitan club. The person under special observation, needless to say, remains the same Rudi Garcia. And this is not just a figure of speech: every step taken or missed by the French coach becomes the object of an in-depth analysis which sees Aurelio De Laurentiis the main protagonist.  

The mystery of the press conference

  Suffice it to say that in the early hours of Thursday in the Campania capital, rumors had spread which, deliberately or not, only fanned a still very hot flame. According to this party, Garcia he would not have held the usual (or almost usual) press conference the day before. The premise is a must: the Italian coach had precedents in this regard precisely in the other delicate moment of his management. At the time the motivation was soon found and shared by a large part of the square: to try to isolate the environment and, above all, the team to get out of the crisis. The script seemed to be able to be repeated even now that the Napoli he returned to that vortex there: with the aggravating circumstance that, in the meantime, a turbulent stop took place, to say the least, in which the same Garcia he was virtually exonerated for several hours. Then the no of Antonio Conte, motivated by the intention of not getting into a moving car, messed up the plans of the headquarters of Castel Volturno, which became busier from then on. The presence of De Laurentiis has become practically fixed, especially in the first days of the 'new' (remake) marriage with Garcia. The situation seemed to have calmed down before today's new blitz, which among other things had raised fears of a new earthquake on the bench. Hence the rumor that spread about the alleged canceled press conference on the eve of the away match Verona. But no: this time Garcia he will speak and, presumably, answer uncomfortable questions about the state of health of the team and, above all, the solidity of his position. Starting from the first question, the new accident emergency does not help: al Bentegodi they will be out of the question Victor Osimhen, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa e Juan Jesus. Practically, a key element for every department of the Napoli. As for the conditions of the bench, something more made it clear De Laurentiis in person, intercepted right at the exit of the technical center of Castel Volturno.

De Laurentiis' statements

  The owner, somewhat surprisingly, partially denies his own statements from last week. "Immediately after the defeat against Fiorentina I've read a lot of inaccurate things. In life it is possible to have doubts and question yourself. It happened to me too: if I've made any mistakes I take full responsibility for them, but from here it's a matter of changing coaches."

De Laurentiis, almost as if to extinguish the new outbreaks that are being defined, reassures Garcia in view of the next matches. "I held out my hand to our coach, to whom I told him to carry on without worrying. Everyone makes mistakes: I hope they never happen again. Having said that, he will always have full support from us at the top of the club." In short, carrot and stick from the owner, who partly contradicts himself again when he delves into the explanation of the lack of change on the bench. "There aren't many technicians around who use the 4-3-3 with the high defense, like Maurizio Sarri e Luciano Spalletti. Resorting to an exemption just to please the public would have been an unforgivable mistake". Yet, the rumors of a possible takeover of Tale have been numerous and corroborated by some confirmations: he provides one implicitly himself ADL. "I don't answer questions like that: it would be a disturbing action. I can say that I feel with him, as well as with other coaches. The rest is gossip that weakens our current coach and which, as such, annoys me" . The patron is then poked about Cristiano Giuntoli: complete with background on the coup he wore in blue Khvisha Kvaratskhelia. "It wasn't his fault: a report was sent to my son Edoardo, who then passed it on to our ex director, who had been pressuring me to go to the show for months Juventus, without even trying too hard. Having said that, he is a great professional who, despite the many right and equally wrong players, has embodied our unity of purpose for a long time: this is also why the choice of him surprised me."

After this vitriolic look at the fresh past, De Laurentiis he returns to his present Napoli. "In this period, after several commitments that have kept me away, I have reconnected with the team to give them serenity. The hope is obviously to repeat themselves, but that doesn't necessarily have to happen: even more so with a new coach in bench. In this regard, I feel sorry for those who didn't feel like coming here: it's not an easy place - he admits ADL - but the energy that is here cannot be found elsewhere". He knows this well, probably since June, anyway Garcia, tossed about by this phantom energy first positively and then negatively. The French coach himself, with his press conference which is therefore confirmed despite the morning's indiscretions, will complete the puzzle tomorrow which has already been well illustrated by De Laurentiis, who naturally does not skimp on yet another invective to National. "The whole system should be changed and clubs, especially for friendlies, should have the possibility to choose whether or not to send a player away." The patron's rantings on this issue are not few and certainly start from the recent injury of osimhen, yet another tile falling on a Napoli called to win and convince despite the many problems. Under penalty of having to experience a revolution during the current season which would precede the one so much invoked by ADL for the National.

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