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Republic - Bitter start for Napoli in retreat: Mathias Olivera goes ko, negative feelings!

A bitter start for Napoli's second phase of summer retreat, which arrived at lunchtime yesterday in Abruzzo and immediately went down to the field to train in the afternoon at the Patini stadium in Castel Di Sangro: under the eyes of a few hundred fans. However, a nasty cold shower fell on the enthusiasm surrounding the Italian champions due to Mathias Olivera's injury, who ended up ko during the reduced-rank match due to a contusive trauma to the calf and interrupted the session with his hands on his face in tears. Negative feelings for the Uruguayan defender and Antonio Conte, who has only partially recovered Politano so far and continues to not have the convalescents Gilmour, Buongiorno, and McTominay at his disposal. The full infirmary risks ruining the birthday of the Lecce coach, who today blows out 56 candles and will have little to smile about, even if special celebrations will be organized for him by local institutions. With just three and a half weeks left until the start of the championship, an air of emergency is already blowing.

Napoli will play five friendlies in Castel di Sangro - tickets for the tests against Casertana and Sorrento are already on sale for 10 and 5 euros - and it would be essential to have the entire squad available. Instead, Conte risks losing another starter, and the problems on the left flank seem like déjà vu, where Spinazzola has been adapted again (as often happened out of necessity last season) in the position of high outside. With the money from Victor Osimhen's transfer, welcomed as a national hero in Turkey and officially a Galatasaray player from today - after the visits - the blue club will have to accelerate the last three missing purchases: a full-back, a midfielder, a left-wing winger.

Meanwhile, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic has joined the group in Abruzzo, and the competition between goalkeepers has officially begun in Napoli, with Alex Meret having to elbow his way with his new Serbian colleague to conquer the starting spot between the posts. According to Conte's plans, the two will have the opportunity to compete on an equal footing, and the field will establish who deserves more space. A dualism that does good for the blues.

Carlo Gioia

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