He was caught repeating familiar phrases that were hits at the time. But the Neapolitan Christmas special is no laughing matter
MG Bergamo 11/25/2023 – Italian Football League Championship / Atalanta-Napoli / Photo by Matteo Gribaudi / Image Sport In the photo: Walter Mazzarri
Mazzarri, like a film actor, had to be reassured. But it doesn't work that way in football (The Guardian)
The Guardian covers Naples. He does this with Nicky Bandini who has followed Italian football for years. The journalist writes that despite Osimhen's renewal, the film Christmas in Naples is not funny.
Remember, Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the first motion picture: “Christmas Vacation.” He quoted an interview De Laurentiis gave to Corriere dello Sport, focusing on the paragraph about Garcia: “I should have sacked him on the same day he made the presentation.”
After the Frenchman was dismissed, Mazzarri arrived and the newspaper described him as follows:
His replacement, Walter Mazzarri, had already captained Napoli, taking them to third place in 2011 and second in 2012. Just like actors in those big films, his role was not to excite the audience but to reassure them that we were back to normal. My land. No one expected him to win awards, only to once again hear the joke that made him smile years ago. But football doesn't work that way.
Bandini Description of the match against RomaThe last minutes Napoli played with eight players due to the expulsion of Politano and Osimhen and the injury of Nathan.
The extravagant calendar of the Tuscan coach
He writes that:
Any assessment of Mazzarri's work should recognize that he faced a particularly difficult series of matches.
He mentions Real Madrid, Juventus, Atalanta, Inter, and finally Roma.
Garcia was not missed in Naples, and no one disputes that the team was on a good path under his leadership, but it is still true that he lost fewer times during his sixteen matches than what Mazzarri lost in only eight matches.
Aurelio De Laurentiis' vision of Naples
Bandini was shocked by the use of De Laurentiis' first personal vocabulary in the interview with Corriere dello Sport.
“I have to strengthen the defense with a central full-back and a left-back for support [Giovanni] “And then I need a midfielder, or maybe two,” said De Lorenzo. The use of the first person was not accidental. De Laurentiis directs this production for better or for worse. Sometimes his mistakes seem to be prompted by his reluctance to share credit for Napoli’s successes with Everyone else. His failure to acknowledge Spalletti's exceptional work – trying to automatically extend his contract (with the famous Beck, the editor) rather than offering him a raise – was a factor in the manager's decision to leave. Likewise, De Laurentiis downplayed the work done by the former sporting director Napoli's Cristiano Giuntoli, ahead of his move to Juventus, insisted his son Edoardo “discovered” Hvija Kvaratskhelia.
“Alcohol enthusiast. Twitter ninja. Tv lover. Falls down a lot. Hipster-friendly coffee geek.”