{"id":296508,"date":"2023-11-14T18:24:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T18:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296508"},"modified":"2023-11-14T18:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T18:24:35","slug":"walter-mazzarri-returns-to-napoli-as-manager-after-10-years-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/walter-mazzarri-returns-to-napoli-as-manager-after-10-years-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Mazzarri RETURNS to Napoli as manager after 10 years away"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Walter Mazzarri RETURNS to Napoli as manager after 10 years away as he replaces Rudi Garcia in a bid to resurrect the Serie A champions&#8217; title defence<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Walter Mazzarri has big expectations to deal with after re-joining old club Napoli\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The ex-Watford boss must improve the club&#8217;s form and deal with internal issues<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s baffling why Guardiola sold Palmer to a rival club &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Walter Mazzarri has been appointed as Napoli manager after the Serie A champions sacked Rudi Garcia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It marks Mazzarri&#8217;s return to the club after ten years, having previously led them for a four-year spell, during which he won the Coppa Italia in 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Napoli sit fourth in the table, ten points behind Inter Milan, and chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis pulled the trigger after a winless run of four games.<\/p>\n<p>Mazzarri&#8217;s task is to ensure Napoli are immediately more competitive in the league and ensure they get through their Champions League group.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has been out of work since May 2022 when Cagliari sacked him when they were in the relegation zone, but he has a reasonable reputation in Italy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77791387-0-image-a-22_1699981427531.jpg\" height=\"451\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Walter Mazzarri has been appointed as Napoli manager with the club sitting fourth in Serie A\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77791411-0-image-a-23_1699981465317.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rudi Garcia was dismissed after four games without a win despite only joining in the summer<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Readers may remember him for a mundane season at Watford in 2016\/17, where he led them to 17th in the Premier League and used a translator in interview, struggling to connect with fans.<\/p>\n<p>In Italy he has managed big clubs such as Inter Milan, Napoli, and Torino.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Between 2009 and 2013, he helped Napoli back into Europe for the first time since the mid-1990s, won the Coppa Italia, and even finished second in the league in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>His assignment at Napoli this time around, with inflated expectations and a squad bustling with top European talent, will be similar but with bigger expectations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Luciano Spalletti &#8211; who delivered Napoli&#8217;s first Scudetto in 33 years &#8211; left in the summer to take up a &#8216;sabbatical&#8217;, with Garcia appointed to replace him.<\/p>\n<p>However, Spalletti&#8217;s recuperation period was short-lived as he took the Italy job in August.<\/p>\n<p>While Garcia arrived with a strong pedigree, he had to contend with star striker Victor Osimhen&#8217;s souring relationship with the club and the fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In September, Osimhen was the subject of two controversial videos posted to the club&#8217;s TikTok account.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77791485-0-One_task_in_Mazzarri_s_in_tray_will_be_reconciling_star_striker_-a-25_1699981617724.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One task in Mazzarri&#8217;s in-tray will be reconciling star striker Victor Osimhen with the club\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first video showed the 24-year-old appealing for a penalty, with sped-up audio captioned &#8216;Gimme penalty please&#8217; before showing him putting the spot-kick wide.<\/p>\n<p>A second video, which has been circulated online and since deleted, compared Osimhen to a &#8216;coconut&#8217; &#8211; widely viewed as a racial slur.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli responded by issuing a statement pleading their innocence but the relationship between player and club appears to have been heavily affected by the incident.<\/p>\n<p>While Osimhen has managed six goals in ten games this season, things at Napoli have not quite been the same and Mazzarri will have to turn things around fast &#8211; even if the club lose some stars in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12748783\/Walter-Mazzarri-RETURNS-Napoli-manager-10-years-away-replaces-Rudi-Garcia-bid-resurrect-Serie-champions-title-defence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Mazzarri RETURNS to Napoli as manager after 10 years away as he replaces Rudi Garcia in a bid to resurrect the Serie A champions&#8217; 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