This Saturday, August 19, Napoli will begin their defense of their Serie A title against Frosinone, one of the newly promoted teams, away from home.
Although they no longer have Luciano Spalletti as their coach, the Neapolitan team is one of the favorites. They have individual quality and collective play to fight for the title once again.
Rudi Garcia replaced the champion coach, who is the main candidate to manage the Italy National Team after the departure of Roberto Mancini. However, president Aurelio de Laurentiis stated that the Federation will have to pay a clause to sign Spalletti.
Regardless of this matter, Napoli is getting ready to start their Scudetto defense. They have kept the core of the championship-winning squad and only lost one of their pillars, Korean Kim Min-jae.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Piotr Zielinski, Victor Osimhen, and Stanislav Lobotka remain in the team, which has the challenge of maintaining a high level with a new coach.
Their opponent will be one of the promoted teams, Frosinone, who won Serie B with great authority. They didn't make major moves in the transfer market but no longer have Fabio Grosso as their coach, replaced by Eusebio Di Francesco.
Napoli would play with Giacomo Raspadori, Kvaratskhelia, and Osimhen in the attacking trio, with Giovanni Simeone as an alternative from the bench.