Napoli's Nightmare in November

The Partenopei's season seem to be falling apart as the President, players, coaching staff and fans are all on the edge. Can they possibly salvage their campaign in Campania?

It all started so well for Napoli, as five wins in their first seven matches gave hope to the fans that this was indeed "their year", despite the dramatic loss to Juve away from home.Fast forward a couple of months, and what seemed like the fondation to build a successful season for the 1989 UEFA Cup winners,has since seen that fondation crumble like a pile of bricks.

The mummers began following a defeat to Roma in the always passionate Derby del Sud. Matters were made worse, when the club failed to beat both Red Bull and Genoa at home, being held to draws. Those results have left Napoli 13 points behind league leaders Juventus already with just 12 games gone. It should be remembered that during the Bianconeri's recent dominance of Calcio, it has been Napoli that has ran them the closest, finishing second several times.

President and movie mogul Aurelio de Laurentiis may have thought he was witnessing a "bad movie" at the theatre at what was happening at his club. He instructed the players to have a "ritiro" of sorts with a week long training camp, which was unceremoniously rejected by the players.The significance of said "disobedience" of the order was the fact that it was the senior players that led the mutiny.