In the first episode of the week, Joe Fischetti joins Fabrizio and Matt on La Lanterna Podcast to preview Napoli’s first match after the international break, including:
- A little bit about La Lanterna (~4:51)
- Did Genoa need to take one step back to Serie B in order to take two steps forward? (~7:22)
- Alberto Gilardino’s rise to coaching the first team in Serie A (~15:46)
- Genoa and Napoli’s respective results through the first three rounds of the 2023/24 campaign (~20:36)
- Players returning from international duty and how that may make this a close match (~22:27)
- Napoli’s fans expectation of the new coach and of the new season, changes at the club and the centre back situation (~24:43)
- Will Garcia rotate his squad with the Champions League Group Stage kicking off four days after the Genoa match? And the tactical battle, particularly Genoa trying to play out of the back versus Napoli’s aggressive high press (~36:31)
- The recently ended gemellaggio between Genoa and Napoli ultras (~50:15)
- Match predictions (~57:32)
