The August chronicles told of the Neapolitan wall, of the insuperability of the couple Manolas-Koulibaly. It has also been said that the purchase of the former Roman player would have added one more point to Napoli in the competition for the championship. On a theoretical level, no notes. On the other hand, the value of Manolas added to the attested value of Koulibaly remains undeniable. But something didn't work in the first two days of the championship: the 7 goals conceded weigh a lot on the budget of this start of the season.

STARTING SHOCK - The first signs arrived in the debut race, in Florence. That evening Chiesa e Sottil disoriented both the exteriors (Di Lorenzo and Mario Rui) and the two power plants (Manolas and Koulibaly). Even the very young Vlahovic appeared a giant in the presence of the Neapolitan defense. Evaluation errors, little agreement between the defenders themselves and also a bit of indiscipline that could have compromised the result. The three goals conceded triggered the alarm. Which was played again in Turin last Saturday. For an hour the Napoli was at the mercy of Juventus, the defense appeared fragile and not very reactive before Higuain and Ronaldo and it only received three goals in the first half.

LITTLE COVERAGE - The poor physical condition of Koulibaly, the agreement that is still lacking between the defenders and the lack of support from the defensive midfielders contributed to the first defeat. Probably, Ancelotti will change something tactically while waiting for Koulibaly to find the best condition and for Manolas to fit into the new mechanisms. Same goes for Di Lorenzo on the right wing, while on the left Ghoulam struggles to recover after the two knee operations. It is not excluded that to better cover the coach, he chooses his preferred form for 4-4-2. Starting maybe already from the next game: there will be Sampdoria, at the San Paolo, at the resumption of the championship.