{"id":299126,"date":"2023-11-12T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=299126"},"modified":"2023-11-12T17:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T17:24:01","slug":"rudi-garcia-could-be-fired-as-napoli-coach-after-just-five-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rudi-garcia-could-be-fired-as-napoli-coach-after-just-five-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudi Garcia &apos;could be fired as Napoli coach after just five months&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rudi Garcia &#8216;could be fired as Napoli head coach five months after taking over&#8217;, with internal talks planned after the reigning Serie A champions lost 1-0 to Empoli in stoppage time<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rudi Garcia&#8217;s role as head coach of Napoli is under threat after a late defeat\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Empoli substitute Viktor Kovalenko scored in injury time to amplify the pressure<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>DOMINIC KING: I don&#8217;t understand what football is anymore &#8211; It&#8217;s All Coming Up\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Napoli are thought to be discussing Rudi Garcia&#8217;s managerial position internally after Sunday&#8217;s 1-0 defeat to Empoli, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Viktor Kovalenko scored in injury time at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to give the visitors the three points, and add additional scrutiny onto Garcia&#8217;s role.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garcia only took over the role in June after the resignation of\u00a0Luciano Spalletti, who led them to last season&#8217;s Serie A title, but question marks have been hanging over the new guy for more than a month, and internal talks are proposed imminently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano noted on X (the platform previously known as Twitter)\u00a0that Napoli President Aurelio de Laurentiis left the stadium ahead of final whistle.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s champions are in fourth place in the Serie A table after the defeat to Empoli.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/15\/77706157-12740259-Napoli_coach_Rudi_Garcia_walks_on_the_pitch_ahead_of_the_Serie_A-a-1_1699803722730.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Napoli coach Rudi Garcia could be fired amid internal talks after their 1-0 defeat to Empoli<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/15\/77706707-12740259-Viktor_Kovalenko_right_gave_Empoli_a_surprise_win_at_Napoli_Ales-a-2_1699803758392.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Viktor Kovalenko, right, struck in stoppage time to give Empoli a surprise win at Napoli\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>It could have been so different had the hosts taken two early chances, but they came up against inspired Empoli goalkeeper Etrit Berisha.<\/p>\n<p>The Albania international tipped Matteo Politano\u2019s effort wide and then kept out Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa\u2019s header from the resulting corner.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli thought they had taken the lead in the 27th minute after Giovanni Simeone poked home but he was ruled offside.<\/p>\n<p>It looked like Napoli would be mulling over two points dropped as the game headed into injury time, but things got a lot worse as Empoli stole the win.<\/p>\n<p>In the first minute of injury time Kovalenko found space on the edge of the area and found the far post with a delicious curling effort which beat goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini and went in off the post.<\/p>\n<p>There was no time for Napoli to respond and Garcia was left staring down the barrel.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12740259\/Rudi-Garcia-fired-Napoli-head-coach-five-months-taking-internal-talks-planned-reigning-Serie-champions-lost-1-0-Empoli-stoppage-time.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rudi Garcia &#8216;could be fired as Napoli head coach five months after taking over&#8217;, with internal talks planned after the <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rudi Garcia &amp;apos;could be fired as Napoli coach after just five months&amp;apos; 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