Napoli crisis is officially open. The defeat of the Olimpico defined it well. The yield is bad for the environment, the disappointment is strong. This time, 25 minutes played at good levels were not enough to limit the damage. Carlo Ancelotti will have to carefully evaluate the reasons for this debacle, a decline that opens up to various considerations. The numbers are drastic, although they want to find some mitigating factors, the results nail the coach in front of his own responsibilities. It will certainly not have been his absence on the bench to determine the defeat. How can we not appeal to the pole hit by Milik, the ninth in the season. Napoli lost, because Roma was stronger and, above all, because they never stopped believing, even when they had to suffer the return of their opponent after the 2-1 goal.

WORRIES - There is so much confusion at the moment. The team cannot find itself, Ancelotti continues in his unbridled turnover that, so far, is not that he has given who knows what great results, at least in the league. We cannot rely on first place in the Champions League group because the chances that this Napoli has to reach to the end are relative. The declared objective was and is the Scudetto. In the meantime, however, the rankings have become even longer, at the moment the club is even out of the Champions area. In short, a half disaster, which involves all the components, from De Laurentiis to Ancelotti, passing through Giuntoli: the three of them put on this team and they are responsible for giving it a smile. The players are devastated by the latest results, meanwhile they continue to have a mediocre performance, below their respective potential. A name on all, Kalidou Koulibaly. His nervousness means something, as well as the mistakes he has been making since the start of the season. Probably, the lack of a leader is felt more than necessary, as are the difficulties in midfield, where a player is lacking able to give a bit of order to the action. The whims of Insigne and the contractual issues still to be defined by Mertens and Callejon are helping to do the rest. And thank goodness that in this chaos there is no finished Alex Meret. His feats are avoiding even heavier foolishness, while the defense accuses too many amnesia.

CHARACTER - This is what Naples is lacking. Ancelotti had deluded himself after the victory at Salzburg, he believed he had found the spirit necessary to establish himself in the league. An illusion, indeed. Probably, he failed to convey to the team those principles and those technical-tactical aspects that allowed him to become the most successful coach in the world. Now, the crisis of his Naples is all too obvious, even difficult to disguise. We urgently need a turnaround, otherwise the Scudetto goal will move away even before Christmas arrives, that is, almost two months earlier than last year.