Naples, ADL's reaction and the whole city against the team

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The company's response has arrived. Yesterday the club waited for morning training, which saw the players arrive individually – after having decided to desert the withdrawal imposed by the club until the match against Genoa – and to leave immediately after the session, as if nothing had happened, continuing on the line adopted after the challenge with Salzburg. Aurelio De Laurentiis has not seen himself from the parts of Castel Volturno, he remained in contact with the ds Giuntoli, but above all with his lawyers, before making the voice of the club heard with a very harsh statement in which he announced that "he will proceed to protect its economic, patrimonial, image and disciplinary rights in each competent office It is also specified that it has entrusted decision-making responsibility in relation to the execution of collection days by the first team of coach Carlo Ancelotti. press silence until date to be defined ". A way to give back to centrality also to the technician, who left the San Paolo once he learned of the decision of the team's senators, but that would hardly repeat such initiatives, as a philosophy contrary to retreats.

A strong tear, difficult to heal and which will live on further chapters. For the players it was immediately an unjust choice, although ADL has specified the constructive and not punitive purpose – reiterating it yesterday in a second statement, clearly issued in view of high fines and legal consequences even for damages of image – also because for many then will arrive ten days of withdrawal with the national team. However, the decision also highlights the extremely difficult situation of the locker room, the lack of critical spirit of the team and the non-existent assumption of responsibility by a group. The clash is not simply about sleeping in a hotel away from the family, but it clearly goes under the contracts. The most representative players are due to expire in June, almost half a team is awaiting renewal and even some with longer contracts still have market sirens and will probably ask the club to evaluate them in the summer. The release of ADL also anticipates a revolution in the summer – which probably was already done before – to dismember a group mentally tired after years of fighting for the title and now it does not seem to have great stimuli for a fight for the Champions seats. And after what happened, the fans are all on the side of the company and against the team leaders.