‘Garcia has lost his mind’: Napoli changes bemuse pundits and fans

Napoli coach Rudi Garcia is going through livid criticism after the defeat to Fiorentina, as a few of his substitutions had been thought of outright weird.

The bizarre modifications began within the first half when Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa went off injured, so he was changed by Giacomo Raspadori in midfield.

When Matteo Politano was substituted, Raspadori moved into his position on the precise of the trident assault.

Already this season, Jesper Lindstrom has performed on the precise and the left, whereas immediately Kvicha Kvaratskhelia additionally switched wings to the precise.

Above all, Garcia shocked when with Napoli trailing 2-1 to Fiorentina, he took off pillars of the group Victor Osimhen, Stanislav Lobotka and Piotr Zielinski.

It was on the 77^th minute, introducing Lindstrom, Giovanni Simeone and Gianluca Gaetano.

Napoli had been jeered off the sector on the ultimate whistle of what become a 3-1 defeat, as Nico Gonzalez scored the third for Fiorentina in stoppages.

“The memorable triple substitution is pure improvisation,” wrote Sportitalia director Alfredo Pedullà.

“You may see Vincenzo Italiano’s plan at Fiorentina, simply as you can not see any Garcia plan at Napoli. He ought to present some humility and at the least realise that. They won’t look ahead to eternity.”

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