If Napoli is still trying to improve its position in the Serie A standings, of course Napoli must always consider winning and it would be very unreasonable if Napoli deliberately lost the Coppa Italia to a team lower than them. Apart from that, Napoli also cannot give an excuse if they deliberately lost just because they are still in the Champions League this season, because their fans will certainly be very disappointed if Napoli admits that they deliberately lost a certain match even though it was outside of the Champions League competition.
It doesn't make sense for Napoli to deliberately lose a competition they still might win, to me it's just an absurd assumption. Napoli have experienced a very significant drop in form this season after winning the Scudetto last season, so they need to take advantage of every competition to win it instead of letting other teams beat them easily.
So far Napoli have only collected 27 points in 16 matches, of course from 8 wins and 3 draws. Napoli is in 5th position with a 1 point gap below Bologna, but because Napoli is a team that is still strong, I think they will still compete for the Champions League zone next season.
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No team really throws away their chances of winning every game they play. Each team is looking for 3 points and it is not natural for to think that they are deliberately losing even though they are in need of points. Yes, of course Napoli are not strong this season because under Rudi Garcia coaching they lost a lot of points so Rudi had to accept the consequences by being fired early. In fact, this season Napoli is having difficulty staying in the top 4 because other teams are able to perform better, such as Bologna. I think under the coaching of Walter Mazzarri Napoli have not shown their strength in the last 5 matches where they were only able to achieve 2 wins and 3 losses.
Napoli also had strong opponents in the Champions League this season, so Napoli faced many obstacles this season. One of the things that Mazzarri must do is re-form the team and give them full confidence to be able to record another winning streak like they did last season.