There is so much embarrassment in Alex Meret's everyday life. Something has changed in his relationship with Naples. Since Rino Gattuso took over on the bench, his ownership has been strongly questioned, to the point that in the manager's hierarchies he has slipped behind David Ospina, the one who made him the twelfth during the management of Carlo Ancelotti. Since last December, the parties have reversed, although Gattuso tried the alternation for a few weeks and then decided that the Colombian national would be the owner.

A MATTER OF FEET - That's right. Alex Meret's are not considered functional for the type of game that the new coach practices. He demands that the action starts from the goalkeeper, that he dribbles and exchanges the ball with his defense mates, in order to overcome the block that the attacking opponents place on him. In this type of game, Ospina has proved more reliable, in the sense that it has a good dribbling and touch ability, which Gattuso has not found in Meret. And it is in this sense that the work of the former Udinese is set every day by the goalkeeper coach. A limit, which the young number one is paying with the bench that has now become his concern.

EUROPE — A suffering, which Meret keeps within herself to avoid controversy or other issues that, at this moment, could undermine the tranquility of the locker room. Already the mutiny and consequent proposals for fines always keep the Neapolitan environment apprehensive. And he certainly has no intention of fueling tensions with his problems. The bitterness, however, the proof all right. Beyond the fact of not playing a titular player, among his concerns there is also the possibility that he may lose the call for the June European Championship. Roberto Mancini keeps it under observation together with Sirigu, Donnarumma, Perin and Cragno. But by not playing, the city is very likely to keep him out. An eventuality that Meret would struggle to accept, despite his young age (22) and a future ahead. Without playing, however, he could also question his Neapolitan future: at the moment, he did not seem interested in the possibility of a proposal to extend the current agreement which will expire in June 2023.