‘Lozano no longer falls’: Gattuso discovers one more purchase, Callejón’s legacy is less heavy | First page

From “junk” to extra man. The Hirving Lozano admired in the first two days of the championship must be considered in all respects as an additional purchase for this season for Gattuso’s Napoli., the man who more than others had the merit of waiting for the Mexican striker after a first year to forget in Italy. He pushed him when necessary, also excluded him from the squad – it was the eve of the Italian Cup semi-final against Inter last June – to make him understand that the intensity of our football is different from that of the Dutch championship and That the fact of being the second most expensive purchase in the history of the club is not enough to have a guaranteed place.

THE NEW ALLEY – A true resurrection, which He is also likely to change Napoli’s plans in the final week of the transfer market, as a new right winger in place of Callejon accounted for one of Gattuso’s requests. to complete the template numerically. Lozano has shown that he has finally rediscovered the athletic brilliance that had characterized his adventure at PSV and showed up at the starting line with a different determination. Right or left, it doesn’t matter, in the new 4-2-3-1 shown for the first time against Genoa, the Mexican forward can become the element of surprise blowing the bank and the injury that will keep Captain Insigne out for about a month offers him attractive prospects of further gaining the trust of his coach, starting next Sunday’s big game against Juventus, a team he made the year against. past his first goal in Serie A.

NO MORE FALLS – How far are the rumors, in some cases gossip, about a not exactly idyllic relationship with most of his peers due to the rich commitment guaranteed by De Laurentiis, which would have ruined some balance in a seething dressing room. Holder in Parma, holder against Genoa, Lozano did not fail and against Juve seeks consecration. That could have been elsewhere -Ancelotti also wanted him strongly at Everton- but the difficult economic conditions experienced by various clubs in Europe, as a result of the pandemic, offered the Mexican the classic second chance.. “I am not going to give Lozano anything, he is a different player. Now he has a lot of strength in his legs, now when he kicks he does not fall to the ground like children.” Sometimes it takes little, like the simplicity of Gattuso’s words, to understand the reasons for a rebirth. From Juve to Juve, he is a completely different Lozano.