Napoli fell horribly at home after being heavily beaten by Atalanta with a score of 0-3 and honestly I didn't think something like this would happen. The reason is that Napoli are quite good and even if they lost it wouldn't be embarrassing like this, but it seems that Atalanta didn't show any mercy and they broke into Napoli's goal so easily. One thing I realized from this match was how Napoli's defense was so weak that Atalanta easily knocked them out in front of the fans' support.
This result made Napoli fail to shorten the points gap from Atalanta and meanwhile for Atalanta they succeeded in stealing points and widening the points gap from Napoli.
This defeat contributes to a nightmare season for Napoli. Even they have very small opportunity to join top four, they still hoped for joining it after were kicked out of Champions League by Barcelona. This defeat breaks that hope and they have to return to realisty that they will end this season with very poor performances and results after all.
The last season was sweet but this season is very bitter for Napoli. Now they will have to adjust their target, from top four to lower positions that can help them to join Europa League or Conference League next season.
Overall, there is no chance for Napoli to get a ticket to the Champions League, but at least there are other European competitions which are no less exciting. They have to look at it realistically and not get too carried away in order to go further this season. The reason is that there is no longer a place for Napoli in the competition for the top 4 after Atalanta, Roma and Bologna will fight for that one place.
A season full of surprises and no one thought that Napoli's fall would be this bad after winning the Scudetto last season, but they also realized that the coach who brought them to the championship had also not been at this club since the start of the season. However, the journey is not over yet and they cannot give up, let alone continue this losing trend.