Five days after being beaten at home in C1 by Real Madrid (2-3), Naples gave in again, beaten Sunday evening by Fiorentina (1-3, 8th day of Serie A).
If he assured a few days ago that he had the Napoli supporters behind him, Rudi Garcia might do well to start checking if they are still there. Because the week of the coach and his team was not good at all. Last Tuesday, it was Real Madrid who came to win at the semi-finalist of the last Champions League (2-3). And this Sunday, it’s Fiorentina’s turn to have taken over the Azzurri (1-3), once again at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium,
Taken by the throat from the start by Brekalo’s early goal (7th), the locals thought they would come back in the 23rd minute, but Osimhen’s goal was refused for offside. The Nigerian striker, however, did not worry and finally equalized just before the break from the penalty spot (1-1, 45th+5). Problem is, it was once again the visitors who took the lead shortly after the hour mark thanks to Bonaventura (1-2, 63rd).
Naples doubled by Fiorentina
In a balanced match, Naples did its best to come back to score a second time. In vain. And it is finally the Viola who widened the gap a little further by scoring a third goal in stoppage time, the work of Gonzalez (1-3, 90th + 3). Bad operation for Naples which is overtaken by its tormentor of the day and finds itself fifth, four points behind the Florentine team (4th).
