Naples thud, only Meluso speaks. And he apologizes

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Mouths sealed in the blue house, only the sports director speaks

If we were talking about boxing, we would define Napoli on the ropes, stunned: the metaphor could not be different after the 3-0 subìto in Turin by Ivan Juric’s granata, a result that lengthens the negative series of the partenopei (only one point in the last three games) and leaves them in ninth place even at -20 from that summit that the same Napoli occupied only a few months ago.

The reaction of the societyà è was immediate: no player, né the vice-coach Frustalupi (on the bench today due to the disqualification of Walter Mazzarri) went to the mixed zone né in the press room, with the reporters spoke instead the sporting director Mauro Meluso, trying to analyze a moment that to say difficult seems reductive.

"After the game we met briefly with players and technical staff: we apologize to our fans for this game, we were unrecognizable and we are very sorry. The injuries and the summonses for the African Cup of Nations do not help us, but we have to regain serenity and normalcy. Mazzarri? Not è not at all in question, we have maximum confidence".

"There are no alibis – added the manager of the Neapolitan club – but we have to analyze the situation at 360 degrees: so many episodes did not turn on our side, I think of the chances on the feet of Raspadori in the first half… If they had gone the right way we would be talking about another result".

To try to regain the polish of the good times, one of the solutions could be to retire: "We will meet again on Monday" to decide what to do in this regard – said Meluso. Before then I cannot confirm anything. What did we talk about in the post-match? Not tactical situations, we è discussed other potential corrective".

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