Cavani, Lavezzi… This is Mazzarri’s first Naples

Walter Mazzarri returned to sit on the bench Naples ten years after his departure. This Tuesday the coach where the Neapolitan team returned to the elite for the first time since the mythical era of Diego Armando Maradona.

In Mazzarri, Naples of the 21st century won its first trophy (the 2011-12 Coppa Italia, winning the final against Juventus), he fought again for the ‘scudetto’, he starred in great nights of the Champions League as in 2011-12 he left in the round of 16 Manchester City and Villarreal. Mazzarri He had no doubts. Those 1,322 days and 182 games at the head of Naples They were “the most incredible experiences”, in the coach’s own words.

In Mazzarri he Naples, which he directed between 2009 and 2013, took on a new dimension and delighted his fans once again. He returned him to the elite. It’s a great ‘squadra’, with Edinson Cavani either Ezequiel Lavezzi and a young man Marek Hamsik. At the head of the Parthenopeans Mazzarri won the 2011-12 Coppa Italia (2-0 against Juventus in the final) and was runner-up in the 2012-13 Serie A (2nd after Juve themselves).

Arrived Mazzarri going to the bench Naples in October 2009 to replace Roberto Donadoni. Now the coach of the Neapolitan team had his differences with Aurelio De Laurentiis, the president, when Mazzarri He complained about the low investment to the signatories, and was about to be fired, but in the end he continued.

On May 20, 2012, Mazzarri’s Naples won the Coppa Italia, the first trophy for the coach and himself De Laurentiis as club president. The 2012-13, the last season of Mazzarri on the Neapolitan bench, bringing another runner-up finish and a new points record. But Naples He said goodbye that he was moving Cavani in PSG (he did it for 55 million euros in 2013) and himself Mazzarri He received an offer from Inter, So the coach saw that the time had come to say goodbye. Until today November 14, 2023.