Napoli new coach Walter Mazzarri continues to try to stabilize the team. But so far the performance of Napoli is not stable. After Walter Mazzarri became coach, Napoli played 7 matches, won only 3 matches and Napoli lost 4 matches. So Walter Mazzarri should not be trusted too much. The overall performance of the Napoli team is still quite weak.
On the other hand, Barcelona team is not doing well in La Liga. They share points with Valencia. Barcelona won 3-2 with Almeria. However, in the last match, Barcelona lost 3-2 against Club America in a friendly match. Barcelona's team's performance is understandably erratic right now. Looking forward to see what steps coach Xavi takes to strengthen the team.
Walter Mazzarri is trying to repair the mistakes made by Rudi Garcia, it's not easy to fix something broken, especially if the team doesn't have a strong character and can't resist bad moments, as Napoli are experiencing now
This remains a very difficult thing to do, to rise from the ashes, but to be honest I have seen an improvement. Obviously we can't expect him to fix everything right away, he doesn't have a magic wand.
If a team doesn't have strong character and can't resist bad moments, I think this is not the fault of any coach only. I think a lot of people were so impressed by Napoli last season that they expected much more from them this season, but this is not the same Napoli anymore. Or was the last season extraordinary and should not be considered their standard level of play? That's maybe another problem how we judge teams.
I can see the same happening with Aston Villa. If they play this season so well until the end, should we expect the same to happen next season? Outliers can happen both ways. Napoli should be a few points better, but believing that they should again lead the table wasn't realistic given how strong some of the other teams are playing this season.