Napoli, Simeone's great chance against Verona

Naples, 18 October 2023 - For many teams Serie A have a player like Giovanni Simeone on the bench it would be a luxury, if not downright a waste: it probably was at times for the too Napoli, as demonstrated by the various outcry made by a large part of the square to push towards a cohabitation of the cholito and Victor Osimhen. Now that last one will have to stay in the pits for several weeks, the Argentine will finally have his chance to carve out a more leading role in the blue shirt.  

Simeone ahead of Raspadori

  Actually, not even with a similar scenario Simeon he has a guaranteed place. The recent (and turbulent) stop to make room for National, talking about the affairs of the house Italy, will return a Rudi Garcia un James Raspadori still used as a central striker by the coach (as well as a former great) Luciano Spalletti. To be honest, in this regard the results have not been the best, with the class of 2000 still not having the sniper instinct required by the role: practically the main skill of Simeon, who has always maintained a stellar goal average. A Napoli who often, in the new management, is unable to capitalize on the amount of play produced, needs a striker like the cholito, it is no coincidence that he is often invoked by the square to compose a sensational tandem on paper with osimhen. Until now Garcia, apart from a few remnants of the match, he had other ideas and will inevitably continue to have them now that one of the two protagonists of the affair (osimhen) is unavailable. In the blue destiny of cholito there continues to be an urgency to earn his place in the long-distance comparison with another attacker, but this time the road on the horizon seems clearer. Still on the subject of destiny, it is probable that the 'substitution' of Simeon start with a dive into the past: thatGreece Verona who probably still misses that striker who turned almost every ball into gold. The love was long and mutual, but the Argentinian will not be able to be influenced by sentimentality now that he has to work hard to revive the fortunes of Napoli and to secure the bench Garcia: the true order of these two priorities is probably only known by the blue locker room which however, it must be reiterated, last week he voted his confidence in the French coach, which in the last few hours is also starting to receive its first public fiddles. Curiously, it was he who exposed himself jesper lindstrom, the new mysterious object of the recent summer campaign now that Nathan, more out of necessity than choice, has begun to find its place on the chessboard of Napoli. In short, when even a reserve takes the coach's side then it means that the locker room is truly united and compact to try to get out of the crisis.

De Laurentiis still at Castel Volturno

  The problem, however, is that this is not the management's first moment of trouble Garcia: the detail did not escape first of all Aurelio De Laurentiis, that last week he established himself almost permanently in Castel Volturno to monitor your workouts Napoli and in particular the French coach. The patron returned to office today with the same mission, a sign that therefore not all the problems have been resolved. The first is that linked to trust, the fundamental ingredient of every relationship which perhaps has been lacking for some time between the parties involved. To be precise, Garcia he knows he doesn't have De Laurentiis on his side neither in public nor in a possible confrontation with the locker room and himself De Laurentiis he is no longer so convinced (to put it mildly) of the choice made just a few months ago. Yet, in a similar context, incredible but true, Garcia remains the coach of the champion teamItaly, itself already behind in the championship standings. Nothing is obviously compromised yet: precisely the Napoli last season, with due proportions, taught the power of a string of consecutive victories. To shift into a more powerful gear, however, some ingredients are needed that seem to be lacking this year. The first, the most important: the practically total harmony between the team and a very demanding place that is never easy to conquer. The same Spalletti, at the dawn of his adventure in blue, had received some very negative feedback: complete with an invitation from the hot section of the support to decamp. The cure in a relationship that wasn't exactly born in the name of love at first sight were the results, perhaps the only weapon available to a coach to secure his bench. In fact, a master of communication like Spalletti, had found another stratagem to bring the square to his side: several mottos that would later prove prophetic, as well as a series of meetings with the press that would soon take on the features of almost mythological tales. For several reasons it is impossible to imagine a similar approach on the part of Garcia, who in any case in his previous Italian experience had found a way to commit himself to the history of Serie A. In the middle era there was a violin that today plays shrill notes and which in this tumultuous period even risked being put away. Instead, one way or another, Garcia he remained in the saddle, but his problems were not over. Many arrive from a once again full infirmary which however could offer various chances to several players who have so far remained on the sidelines. There really is one of them Simeon, which studies the big coup against its past to better seal the present and perhaps also to shore up the future. The year of the championship was also marked by the inevitable gratitude towards all its protagonists: at the end of this season, however the championship goes, a Castel Volturno many things could change, with several players taking big risks. Then there are those who like Simeon he might want to go hunting for more space: what he will inevitably find now that the Napoli will have to do without osimhen. Moreover, at the most delicate moment.

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