It's definitely a bad year for Alex Meret. The Napoli goalkeeper has stopped again. The problem that forced him to work differently in the gym is of a muscular nature for what we read in the press release issued by the club. "Today, Meret did differentiated work in the gym and a cycle of therapies. The porter presents the consequences of a blunt trauma with intraspongous edema around the left iliac crest, as well as showing mild distracting outcomes on the oblique muscles", he explains the press office. Recovery times are unknown but it is conceivable that the boy may be available for the next home match against Spal in two weeks.

ON THE BENCH - With the advent of Rino Gattuso on the bench, Meret ended up on the bench. The coach is preferring David Ospina, the Colombian national team goalkeeper. A choice that the same technician has repeatedly explained, reiterating that he prefers Ospina, because he knows how to play the ball better with his feet. And since his game starts right from the goalkeeper, the ex Udinese remains out. The current injury is not the only one. Already in his first year in Naples, on the first day of retirement, in Dimaro, he broke his arm in a game clash with a young Primavera. A problem that kept him out for four months, before making his debut for Napoli against Frosinone, at San Paolo, in early December.

THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - Meret is worried, beyond the injury, because not playing he is afraid of losing the next European championship. Roberto Mancini keeps him under observation and with him also other young goalkeepers including Gollini and Cragno, in addition to the veterans Donnarumma and Sirigu. There is a real risk that the city will leave it at home to make room for those who have played so far.