Spalletti says goodbye to Vesuvius: Ciao! Napoli’s head coach leaves

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The championship title Napoli has many faces. But the role of the leader is clearly defined: Luciano Spalletti (64). He is the architect of a football miracle that no one could have imagined at the start of the season.

Now Spalletti says “basta”. He needs a sabbatical. “Sometimes you go your own way out of love. I’ve been wondering for a long time if I can give you what you deserve again. And I had to answer that question with no,” said the Tuscan recently. The fans are currently spraying a lot of love for their darlings. But they also ask a lot.

Spalletti is a man of principle who does not pretend to please. At the latest because of the title win, the fans in Napoli have taken their “Mister” to heart. “If you want to come back, do it without knocking. This house is also yours,” said comedian Alessandro Siani on Sunday evening during the championship celebration.

The coach is crowned

The Scudetto with Napoli is Spalletti’s crowning glory. Time and time again he was confronted with the question of what he had won. Little, right. But in his second year at the foot of Vesuvius, he showed it all. For a long time he played spectacular football. “The best football in Europe” when it comes to city manager Pep Guardiola.

Spalletti was certainly not the best player material available at the start of the season. But again he managed to tease everything out of every player. One of his main disciplines is creating new positions for players. This time he did it with midfielder Stanislav Lobotka.

Spalletti, the philosopher

Another discipline Spalletti masters like few others is rhetoric. When speaking to the media, he finds it difficult to explicitly praise his best players. Outwardly he is cool. He doesn’t hug his players as tightly as Antonio Conte. Nor does he instruct them in great detail by putting his arm around their neck like Guardiola. Spalletti shouts after them. He burns them with his gaze or stare blankly at the floor.

Still, the pros praise him. The fans, on the other hand, celebrate him for his philosophical statements. «Uomini forti, destiny forti. Uomini deboli, destini deboli,” Spalletti once said. Translated: Strong people have a good fate and weak people a less good one. Be that as it may: with the championship title, Spalletti has become one of the great coaches in Italy.

Source : Blick