It was the summer of 2010 when De Laurentiis with a stroke of the tail secured the performance of the young Uruguayan Edison Cavani, taking him from Palermo for a total of 17 million Euros. I still remember it as if it were yesterday. In the city, there was a general discontent at very high levels due to the sale of Fabio Quagliarella to the eternal rival Juventus. Quagliarella in that season with Napoli scored 11 goals in 34 appearances but did not prove to be a champion as his performances were erratic. The general discontent was due to the fact that he had moved to Juventus, a high betrayal for Napoli's supporters. Only last year, through an outburst broadcast by a report of the TV show "Le Iene" it was discovered that Quagliarella in Naples was being blackmailed by a police officer.
Cavani was taken from Palermo, wherein four seasons and over 100 appearances scored only 34 goals. The Palermo team was a medium-low ranking and Cavani played as a wing. Replacing Quagliarella with Cavani seemed outrageous to Napoli fans. We were enraged, I still remember that feeling "we sell the Juventus the good players and we take young talents (that can explode or implode) from small teams, always the same story" this was what I said to my friends and we all agreed. But we would all change our mind soon. Very soon.
Edison in Napoli begins to play from the central point of attack and not from the wing as it happened in Palermo and is supported by the inspiration and speed of Lavezzi and by the lethal insertions of Hamsik. Napoli slowed down by an early preparation due to the Europa League bad start in the Serie A, but Edison shows off for the 8 goals in the first 9 league appearances. In addition to its effectiveness in the goal, Edison was always the first to get 100 meters of the field to return to defend. His skill added to the sweat that puts in every minute in every single game makes him immediately enter the heart of the Neapolitans.
He makes goals in every way and very often after the 90th, which gives endless emotions to all of us fans. I personally fell in love when in the 93rd-minute match against Lecce where Lecce was almost there to score, Cavani took the ball in midfield, dribbled three men and then started a shot from 30 meters and giving us an incredible victory and endless emotions. When we face Juventus and Quagliarella at San Paolo Cavani invented 3 goals and made us win 3-0. After that game Naples had a new king. We finished the season without trophies, in third place in Serie A but with a personal satisfaction of being able to play and have fun against anyone in Italy and in Europe with those three terrible boys, Cavani Lavezzi and Hamsik. To make you understand how many emotions they gave me one of the 41 posts I posted in my Instagram Personal account is dedicated to them.
This was an introduction to make it clear to those who are far from the reality of Napoli the emotions that are around this player here and why it is therefore so always named and acclaimed. There will be other posts to make you understand the emotions that this team gives to me. Today's news is about the interview that our president Aurelio De Laurentiis has released to the "Il Mattino" and I have been allowed to translate it for Scorum, in which he talks about a possible return of the Matador and the Var.
De Laurentiis, what's wrong with this Var?
"They wanted it, and they did well, to give dignity to the referees who had been overwhelmed by the scandal of Calciopoli: it was necessary to cancel that ignominy. But if you go around and still feel thousands of fans say seen, nothing has changed ?, it means that it still does not work properly."
His solution?
"There is confusion, too much space is left for suppositions, for interpretations. Rizzoli says that only seven errors have been committed, but they do not seem to me to be few. Indeed, they are many. With a couple of recurring referees in these errors. Every mistake produces economic and psychological damage, even damage that can sometimes be biological. If there is a president who decides to send away a coach in the balance following a wrong decision, how do we put it? "
And so?
"So, there's a control room with other referees. They already stop the game but do it more often and are more incisive towards the race director. With all those monitors in front of them, they have definitely seen better than him. You impose yourself, stop the game, leaving no room for hypotheses, suggestions. If you do not do it, then cat hatches, this Var could be a maneuver to condition the championship ».
Does not the game get too slow?
"Let's take a test and see who prefers a few more stops to some less dramatic error".
After Inter-Juventus Orsato has no more direct in Serie A of the big matches. What do you think?
"Do not make me think wrong!"
What do you think about Cavani?
"When Edi came to Naples, we hugged him, I welcomed him and invited him to the dressing room to greet the others, I do not know how he lives in Paris, maybe someone makes him sick and he could look at Naples like a quiet harbor to land in. Maybe he could even think that here the president can offer him 6-7 million for one or two years and he could renounce the rest he earns at Psg. But I see it difficult.
What do you think? Follow Napoli a little? What do you think of a possible return of the Matador, could it be producing or counterproductive in an attack where Mertens-Insigne-Callejon and Milik still play their part? Let me know in the comments below!
Disclaimer: I am not an English native and I am trying to write in English to improve my language level, so I hope you will understand if there is any grammatical error or incorrect form. If there is some mistake please let me know to help me to improve.
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