Advantage for Barça? The danger that Napoli's coach change could have

The FC Barcelona will visit this Wednesday to a Napoli that premières trainer and, further of his acute current crisis, supposes an important challenge for the ones of Xavi Hernández. Franceso Calzone Will do charge of the team to the end of the season after the managerial confirmed this Monday the dismissal of Walter Mazzarri that, in his second stage in the club, hardly directed 17 parties.

In this sense, the stage seems favourable for the Barça, considering that the group 'partenopeo' is the worst champion defender of the Series To in decades (the team leaves ninth, to 27 points of the leader, Inter and to 9 of the 'zone Champions'). However, the arrival of the current Slovakian trainer can suppose a hit anímico that take out to the ones of the south of Italy of his lethargy.

New trainer, safe victory?

This season, the Napoli already had thrown to Rudi García around the middle of November after a defeat home in front of the Empoli (0-1). Mazzarri Debuted after the date FIFA with a triumph to domicile in front of the always complicated Atalanta, but in Champions could not première with a good result and fell in his visit to the Real Madrid (4-2). This was the first of three consecutive defeats for the 'partenopeos', since they also would fall in front of Inter (0-3) and Juventus (1-0).

In total, the trainer of Saint Vincenzo grieve added 6 victories, 3 ties and 8 defeats in 17 parties in which the valid Italian champion received 24 goals and grieve could convert 16. In 2024, the Napoli alone won 3 of the 8 duels that contested, with 3 falls and a pair of ties, the last of them the Saturday home in front of the Genoa (1-1). By Champions, this yes, only fell in his two meetings with the Madrid, adding 10 points to finish seconds.

The Barça will find with a Napoli 'rebellious'

Further of his irregularity, the group 'partenopeo' will plant face to the Barça home. In his two last visits to Diego Armando Maradona, the culés rescued a tie (1-1 in 2020, by Champions) and a victory (2-4, by Europe League). The record and the actuality favour to the ones of Xavi Hernández, but the Napoli promises to give a lot of 'war' and, with a new trainer, is likely that, at least in the anímico, the team go out more enchufado quen in the last weeks with Mazzarri.

From here that the culés have to face the party with a lot of caution, avoiding commit the already usual errors in the starts of party and fine-tuning the puntería for lastimar to a team that, this season, has not had at all that see with the machine that dominated the Series To to pleasure in the 2022/23. In league, his balance is identical in each and to domicile, with 5 victories, 3 ties and 4 defeats. This Napoli, definitely, is an authentic roulette.