S7-021 - Vergara Rises Amid Champions League Exit

Vincenzo Bertillo joins Joe Fischetti to review Napoli’s ongoing roller-coaster ride of a season, including:

• Napoli’s exit from the Champions League after a draw to Copenhagen and a defeat to Chelsea and, counterintuitively, why that might have been the best case for Napoli (~2:26)
• Di Lorenzo joins the infirmary with what initially appeared to be a career-ending injury. Fortunately, players are returning to the squad (~10:13)
• Though devastating, the injury crisis has given Napoli “starlet” Antonio Vergara the opportunity to shine the former Primavera player has seized the opportunity (~32:14)
• Napoli’s January transfer market - Lang, Lucca, Marianucci and Ambrosino loaned out; Giovane, Alisson and young Milton Pereyra recruited (~51:48)
• With the Champions League exit, Supercoppa secured and an unprecedented number of injuries, what does a success season look like for Conte’s Napoli (~1:03:53)

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