Naples was missing yet another b-movie: “Respect for Ciro”
The fans exchanged Napoli for Inps, Mertens’ eleven goals yielded eleven points (a few) but the story could have ended better. as long as it closes
Let’s not miss yet another passionate b-movie could contain the empty tire between gossip and the market that separates us from the beginning of the (strange) championship.
The Watergate of Naples Verona 2021 was not enough. Things on the field went well, but why deny yourself a nice wash of dirty clothes in the yard? The protagonists, needless to say, the president and one of the many “adopted children” of this limping city.
As a soap opera it has an all too obvious title: “Respect for Ciro”. This widespread claim resonates like a mantra in the conversations and opinions of most, not to mention the online vent. Even a splash of “protection for the fans” does not hurt us. Lunar concepts from Minturno to rise.
There are many who claim to be protected by Naples, translated as “renew ‘a’ mettens”. As if as if the company were Inps and Aurelio De Laurentiis embodied Pasquale Tridico.
We are not surprised by this conceptual contiguity with the social security institution, given the numbers of citizenship income at these latitudes.
The short circuit is cultural. A supporter, which is then an expression of how the cities then think, which looks to respect for the past, not to merit, the cost / benefit combination, even you know what it is. The distance from the cultural evolution of the Neapolitan (semi-cit) thought is eloquent, whose sole objective is the satisfaction of their own needs. You are satiated with a full stomach, it doesn’t matter how.
But it is not just the mistaken city view. The football economy tells us that in the thinking of Spalletti and his team of tactics and match-analysts Dries Mertens did not see so much pitch in the past season. His presence in the Naples of the future is not considered necessary.
After all, eleven goals by the Belgian brought eleven points. Napoli when Mertens scored he won alone with Lazio Sassuolo and Salernitana, all at home and all games ended with a large gap. His goals last season weighed little on the final standings.
The story could close better. A double ceremony ending would have been nice. But this is not the Aurelian mood. Even if there would be no wonders of theater.
The company lacks a high-profile managerial figure, able to understand football dynamics, far from the understanding of the President, who as a man of cinema has often supercocked many. But now he’s done making people laugh.