Naples, peace between ultras and De Laurentiis? In the meantime, Spalletti makes a turnover

Luciano Spalletti spoke clearly on Wednesday evening and expects the support of the fans from Maradona in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals for a team that is making a historic journey. “What I saw at Maradona against Milan in the championship I’ll never be able to understand: if it happens again, I’ll leave and go home. It’s a free-for-all that I’ll always carry with me, because it’s inexplicable. You can’t win I’ve been in Naples for thirty-three years and yet what I saw in our stadium I don’t understand”. Meanwhile, the coach prepares the team for tomorrow: there is Verona to host and a turnover to push as hard as possible to give rest to those who are more tired.

Towards the solution?

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How will the organized blue cheer groups respond, those who also fought in curve B between those who wanted to remain silent and those who instead intended to insult De Laurentiis? There is no official answer, but some facts suggest a possible solution. Or at least a return to normality. The ultras made a regular request to the authorities to bring drums, megaphones and flags to the curve. And it is possible that this will already happen for tomorrow’s match against Verona. It’s not that they would suddenly become roses and flowers, but it would be a way to put the team and the shirt ahead of everything considering the great goals that are to be achieved. In short, there should be cheering, but no negotiations on compliance with the law. Dialogue, but without derogating from the law. Meanwhile yesterday afternoon in the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior, a meeting was held with the head of the department, Piantedosi, the heads of the police forces, the mayor of Naples Manfredi, the prefect Palomba and the commissioner Giuliano, as well as the president De Laurentiis. A security plan is being defined, with the strengthening of the forces of order, for the Scudetto celebrations. There should be two key moments: the spontaneous party, which will take place on the day of the arithmetical certainty of first place, and the one that will take place at the end of the championship on 4 June. That day the celebrations will take place in the post match at the Maradona stadium, and then move to various squares of the city.Piazza Plebiscito will be the main place, while the other places for the widespread party are assumed to be: piazza Mercato, piazza Ciro Esposito in Scampia and the former NATO base in Bagnoli. The objective is to prevent the population from concentrating in the heart of the city and above all from arriving by car, completely blocking the access roads to the historic centre.

The turnover

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Only today will Spalletti decide who and how many will be able to rest in view of Tuesday’s match. Certainly Kim will play in defense and Anguissa in midfield, given that with Milan they will be disqualified. In defense we will see Juan Jesus who will replace the Korean in the Champions League. While the center forward will be Raspadori who needs playing time to get in shape. Possible rest for Kvaratskhelia, but those who need it most are captain Di Lorenzo and director Lobotka: will Spalletti be able to give it up already at the start by focusing on Bereszynski and Demme? With Ndombele suspended and Gaetano affected, there aren’t many options. While the young outdoor Zerbin should find space.