There is no tranquility, the future is dark and distant, the present is clear and near and he says that Napoli must beat Atalanta and mortgage a place in the Coppa Italia final.
This is what Rino Gattuso wants to be in the head of the team, from which he tries to remove the obvious friction between him and the president De Laurentiis.
After the harsh words of the coach in the post-Parma match, yesterday the patron spoke on Twitter, explaining that he has no intention of "putting the sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli at the door".
De Laurentiis therefore defends his director, who in recent weeks has had the great merit of solving many problems, including the sale for 13 million Milik which in months would have gone away for free.
But at the same time the president implicitly attacks Gattuso, whom he defended last week but whose farewell at the end of the season is taken for granted in the newspapers, if all goes well.
An unequivocal signal for an already written future, which will transform the contract ready for renewal until 2023 into papers without signatures and therefore useless.
In Naples the fans exiled from the stadium are all thinking about the next bench, from Juric to Italian, perhaps with the technical direction of Rafa Benitez, a voice that could also confirm Giuntoli's negative turn.
We will see.
"Romero and Gosens are important, like the Italian Cup: a two-time match against one of my favorites in the summer for the Scudetto".
Thus presents the challenge against Napoli Gian Piero Gasperini, who recovers some players and presents himself in the first leg of the cup semifinal with his best trio Pessina-Ilicic-Zapata from the first minute.
Having lost the second match with Lazio in the league, Cristian Romero's false positivity attestation gives Atalanta back his defensive playmaker and a bit of optimism after the setback at home that closed a 14-match positive streak .
In Naples, there will be no injured Hateboer and Sutalo and therefore some Primavera players will be aggregated and it will be an opportunity to see Maehle, one of the two entrances from the winter transfer market window on the right wing.
Probable formations of Napoli-Atalanta, first leg semi-final of the Italian Cup, scheduled at 8.45 pm on the ground of the San Paolo-Maradona stadium in Naples.
Naples (4-3-3): 1 Meret;
22 Di Lorenzo 26 Koulibaly, 44 Manolas, 6 Mario Rui;
7 Elmas, 4 Demme, 20 Zielinski;
11 Lozano, 37 Petagna, 24 Insigne.
(25 Ospina, 23 Hysaj, 33 Rrhamani, 31 Ghoulam, 19 Maksimovic, 5 Bakayoko, 68 Lobotka, 21 Politano, 9 Osimhen).
Coach: Gattuso.
Disqualified: none.
Be wary: none.
Unavailable: Mertens, Fabian Ruiz.
Atalanta (3-4-1-2): 95 Gollini;
2 Toloi, 17 Romero, 19 Djimsiti;
3 Maehle, 15 De Roon, 11 Freuler, 8 Gosens;
32 Pessina;
72 Ilicic, 91 D. Zapata.
(25 Gelmi, 31 Rossi, 13 Caldara, 42 Scalvini, 40 Ruggeri, 41 Ghislandi, 44 Gyabuaa, 18 Malinovskyi, 59 Miranchuk, 88 Pasalic, 7 Lammers, 9 Muriel).
Coach: Gasperini.
Disqualified: Palomino.
Beware: Ilicic, Malinovskyi, Romero.
Unavailable: Hateboer, Sportiello, Sutalo.
Referee: Fabbri di Ravenna.
Snai odds: 2.50;
3.35;
2.80.