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apoli, Garcia replaced after 5 months → Former head coach Ma-ryan

Kim Min-jae Bayern Munich former team SSC Napoli eventually pulled out the knife. Coach Rudy Garcia was replaced about five months after taking office due to poor performance.

Napoli officially announced on the 14th, "The club has decided to withdraw Rudy Garcia's position as first-team coach," adding, "Thank you to him and his staff for being with us so far."

Napoli had their best year last season, topping Serie A for the first time in 33 years.

Under Coach Luciano Spalletti, key players such as Kim Min-jae, Hvicha Kvaratshelia, Victor Osimhen, Alex Merrett, and Piotr Zielinski led Napoli to the league title. It also advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time since the foundation of the UEFA Champions League.

After a fantastic season, Napoli parted ways with champions Kim Min-jae and Spaletti. Kim Min-jae moved to Bayern Munich, which invoked the buyout clause, and Spalletti took over as the head coach of the Italian national soccer team after terminating his contract with Napoli.

Napoli have chosen Garcia, who led Saudi Arabia's Al Nasr until April, as the leader to replace Spaletti ahead of the new season. Born in 1964, he served as the head coach of AS Roma Italy from 2013 to 2016, and later took the helm of Al-Nasr in June last year after serving in Olympique Marseille and Olympique Lyon France.

However, Garcia terminated his contract with Al Nasr in April this year and suddenly left the team to become a wild man. At that time, there were rumors of discord with Al Nasr star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Napoli, who won last season, hoped Garcia would lead the club to a championship competition once again, but Garcia did not live up to expectations. Napoli are currently in fourth place with only 21 points six wins, three draws and three losses from 12 league games. There is a whopping 10 points difference from the first-place Inter Milan 31 points, 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

The score contrasts sharply with a year ago. Under Spaletti last season, Napoli won 10 games and drew two, allowing only eight runs in 12 league games, but under Garcia, they allowed 13 runs as their defense faltered, already recording three losses.


In the end, the 0-1 defeat in the 12th round of Serie A in the 2023/24 season against Empoli on the 12th determined Garcia's future. Napoli, who ran out of patience, decided to break up with manager Garcia when he suffered a shock loss to Empoli, who was in the relegation zone for 19th place in the league despite being a home game, by conceding a theatrical goals in extra time in the second half.

As a result, Garcia, who led AS Roma until 2016 and returned to the Serie A stage for the first time in about seven years after signing a contract with Napoli in June, had to leave the club forlornly in less than six months.

Napoli, who replaced Garcia, immediately announced the appointment of Walter Masayan as the new head coach.

Marzane is a veteran leader who has been in charge of Napoli from 2009 to 2013. In the middle of the 2009/10 season, he led the team to sixth place and successfully led the team in third, fifth, and second place over the next four seasons. In particular, he led Napoli to the Copa Italy championship in the 2011/12 season.

Coach Masane was evaluated for his tactical capabilities when he was at Napoli, but he was criticized later for revealing the problem of sticking tactics throughout the Inter Milan years. Since then, he has also been resting since May last year, after hovering in the middle of Watford England, Turin, and Cagliari Italy.

Antonio Conte, who became a wild man after being replaced by Tottenham Hotspur in March, was also nominated, but Napoli's final pick was Marge. According to Fabrizio Romano, who is familiar with European football news, Marzane is back on the field, signing a short-term contract with Napoli until June 2024.

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