In the photos of the exultation in the locker room after the victory against Juventus, he is there even if in jeans and sweater. Almost 40 days out, Kalidou Koulibaly has always remained at the side of the team, encouraging his teammates to get out of that tunnel in which Naples has chased since November, slipping to the right side of the standings and losing sensationally four times in front of his audience, against Bologna, Parma, Inter and Fiorentina.

LEADER - Now that the victories against Lazio (in the Italian Cup) and Juve have restored self-esteem and a pinch of serenity to the group led by Rino Gattuso, here is the return of one of the recognized leaders, eager to be forgiven the mistakes of the first part of the season starting with the sensational decisive own goal at the Juventus Stadium. With the return of the Senegalese and also Maksimovic's recovery ends the emergency in defense and Di Lorenzo can return to the right wing, to ensure greater thrust to the team. At the same time, Hysaj, who has regained confidence, will be able to lend a hand on both sides to make Di Lorenzo and Mario Rui catch his breath on the left.

NOT ONLY KK - Said of the two defensive centers in the postponement of next Monday in Genoa against Sampdoria, Gattuso should also recover Dries Mertens who was also stopped almost all of January for a muscle problem at the tailor's shop. The Belgian will give the coach one more option in attack, especially if he wants to take advantage of a first striker with different characteristics or go on the race to 4-2-3-1, changing the game system. In short, the Great Crisis of Naples seems to be behind us, but the wise Gattuso still keeps everyone on the rope: "We are not cured and we don't forget what we were able to do against Fiorentina only a week before".