Sarri, Spalletti and the Tuscan Curse at Napoli

Before Sunday afternoon’s kickoff between Napoli and Fiorentina, the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium had never looked brighter. Perhaps it did, but after two years marred by empty stands, the pre-Covid world feels like a distant memory. And yet, the Partenopei crowds must have felt like watching a rerun from a frightening episode they had witnessed four years ago.