Quote from: temple on December 21, 2023, 11:03:28 PM

Quote from: Uruhara on December 20, 2023, 03:21:31 AM

Quote from: temple on December 20, 2023, 03:05:42 AM

Quote from: Uruhara on December 20, 2023, 02:54:52 AM

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To me this is one of those coaching mistakes that I hate a lot. I don't understand why coaches choose to rotate in the worst moments possible and why they would risk losing a game that would get them into the next round of an important competition? If there is supposed to be rotation, I would always start with the best players I have available and I would take the game 100% seriously. Slow down when the lead is safe and there is no risk throwing a game like that way. Now the damage is done and there is no way back.

Yes, I agree that it would be better if Walter Mazzarri played the main players in the first half and could potentially give Napoli a few goals. After that, it was up to Walter Mazzarri to withdraw the first team in the second half and replace them with second-string players gradually if Napoli had a convincing enough lead. I am quite surprised by this result whether Napoli really intends to withdraw from the Coppa Italia competition this season after they struggled from the preliminary round. I do not think so. This is purely a strategic error used by Walter Mazzari.

There never was an intention to get kicked out of the Coppa Italia competition as some people here argue because this cup can't be compared to the league cup in England, where they actually have like three cups or so? The Coppa Italia is the main Italian cup and no team would ever try to lose on purpose in order to be able to focus more on other competitions, that's bullshit. A team like Napoli, a Champions League contender, plans to get kicked out of the Coppa Italia... No, really never.

I don't think it would be thrown on purpose. He is not kicked out willingly, nor do the players want this, after all, they have in their contracts that they will receive extra bonuses for the goals they score. Every team wants to win the cup. It was a match that was lost as a result of the bad experiences in Napoli this year.