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Fourth consecutive victory for Ancelotti’s team. A script that De Laurentiis would not have imagined, indigestible for most of the Neapolitan environment
“Christmas with Everton second in the standings”. It is the Christmas movie that De Laurentiis would not have liked to find in programming. Not to mention much of the surroundings of Naples, the media in the lead. Carlo Ancelotti’s team is the Premier League’s main surprise so far. After 15 days, the Toffees are second in the standings, only behind their Liverpool cousins. Some teams, like Manchester and Aston Villa, have games to catch up.
Everton have achieved their fourth consecutive victory, matches in which they have conceded a single goal and, to top it all, a penalty. They beat bottom Sheffield United 1-0 with a goal ten minutes from the end of captain Sigurdsson in a flying action started by the Brazilian Bernard and ended by Doucouré for the Icelander who scored. It was an English game, not aesthetically beautiful, played with a knife between the teeth. Ancelotti’s team shows enviable courage and determination on the pitch, especially for our latitudes. Everton have beaten Chelsea, Leicester, Arsenal and now Sheffield consecutively.
Ancelotti’s team was thoroughly remodeled. Allan, James and Digne were missing (injured), in addition to Richarlison who has to stay two games (one was played) stopped for having left for a blow to the head. It’s the Premier’s protocol. Never before had Everton won without Richarlison the Brazilian striker who is key in Everton’s game. Ancelotti, who will host Guardiola’s City in a few days, also had to make some turnover and started without captain Coleman or André Gomes. He made the usual four-man line made up of central defenders and played a game from the trenches.
Everton fans are very happy with the Italian manager who in Naples treated him like a retiree who can no longer train. “He is a finished coach” was one of the most popular phrases he had to hear in recent months, as well as during his stay in the amber of Vesuvius. Not to mention those who had labeled him a technician capable of training only champions.
In social networks, English fans compare the ranking of last year, when Ancelotti arrived, and the current one. In a year, and without a campaign of pharaonic signings (four surgical signings, low cost: James, Alla, Dooucouré, Godfrey), Everton went from the relegation zone to the Champions League. From 15 to second place. And Everton, on paper, is certainly not a team that can aspire to the Champions League zone
The atmosphere of Naples is not a little angry, but it would be appropriate to begin a reflection on what happened in the house of Naples a little more than a year ago. When Aurelio De Laurentiis decided to get rid of a coach who is considered a living monument in the history of football and who wanted to undertake a serious renovation project. A year later, Napoli still do not understand what clothes he is wearing. While Everton touches peaks that the blue parts of the River Mersey have not seen for about thirty years.
“Christmas with Everton second in the ranking”, a film that does not surprise only one category of people: those who understand the game of football.
From 15 to 2 in just one year. All thanks to a man and his technical team.
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