17 points behind Inter! A Naples lost two months away from Barcelona

Two months before the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 match Barcelonato be played on February 21 at Diego Armando Maradona stadium, Naples, champion of Italy, is going through a deep crisis. Last Saturday’s loss against Jose Mourinho’s Roma leaving the Neapolitan team 7th in the table, 17 points behind Inter, leader

In case something is missing Naplesthe club announced this Sunday that its defense Nathan (instead of Kim Min-jae after the South Korean departure to Bavaria this past summer) suffered a dislocation of his right shoulder. This means the Brazilian will be out for two months.

Nathan therefore coming right up against the Barcelona. The Slovakian midfielder Stanislav Lobotka He won’t be able to play for two or three weeks because of a rib problem.

Against him monza on the 29th, in the last game of Naples in 2023, Walter Mazzarrihis coach, could not hope Matteo Politano and Victor Osimhenallowed after being expelled against Rome.

impoverished Rudi Garcia November 14, until today Mazzarri He is also not convinced of his return, although he insists that the path is “the right one.” The fact is that the Italian champion has lost its way, left without defending the ‘scudetto’ and, at a domestic level, its goal is to qualify for the next Champions League (it is 4 points away from the said zones).

The Italian champion team has 6 losses in Serie A and is nervous. Mazzarri It does not bring peace. Many key parts of the ‘scudetto’ are, as reported by Gazzetta dello Sport, far from their best shape. Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Lobotka, Anguissa, Zielinski… Kvaratskhelia Try to solve the matches by yourself.

Proof of the unique moment the team is having, Walter Mazzarri He had to return to Naples by taxi (200 kilometers) after the team coach left the Olympic Stadium on Saturday.