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Hirving Lozano: the unexpected change in Napoli that concerned the mexican's star

By Juan Angel Aiesi

Hirving Lozano and a season that would be decisive in his future with Napoli. The arrival of Luciano Spalletti is a great challenge for the Mexican, who must prove his importance at Napoli. 

Hirving Lozano and a season that would be decisive in his future with Napoli. The arrival of Luciano Spalletti is a great challenge for the Mexican, who must prove his importance at Napoli. 

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Hirving Lozano is in the obligation to maintain the regularity of his game, improving his level and above all demonstrating that he has a huge importance in Napoli's project. The arrival of Luciano Spalletti is a great challenge for the Mexican, who must prove his importance in the Italian club's project. First he had a disappointing season, then an extraordinary one.

 


The challenge is even more important if we take into account that the Mexican will have a new manager, the third in three years. He is Luciano Spalletti, who arrives with new ideas and with the objective of making us forget the failure of being out of the Champions League. Lozano's first steps at Napoli were not the best. Carlo Ancelotti wanted him after his great participation in the World Cup Russia 2018, but his first year in Italy was below expectations and even more after the 42 million euros for his transfer.

 

Ancelotti put him as a striker, left winger and even as a false '9'. However, Lozano did not convince in any of these roles and little by little he was left without opportunities in the Italian team, to the point that he was completely discarded by Gattuso. After a verbal exchange that led to Lozano's expulsion from Napoli's training session, Gattuso found a place for him as a right winger and in this way made Chucky one of the most unbalanced wing players in all of Serie A.

 

 

The best of Hirving Lozano in Calcio?

 

The Mexican's speed has allowed him to be a headache for any defense in Calcio, being able to break any defensive scheme, providing assists to his teammates and standing out with the not inconsiderable figure of 15 goals. In this way, Chucky left behind the doubts about his performance and completed a very good second season. The only negative point was the injuries he suffered in the last part of the season, which gave place to Matteo Politano in the eleven.

 

 

What does Napoli's new coach think of Hirving Lozano?   

After missing out on a ticket to the Champions League, Gattuso was relieved of his duties and Spalletti was brought in. The new Napoli coach has a clear idea of how to exploit Lozano and this is what he said during the club's preseason.

 

 

"He likes to play on the right. It's clear that he can change sides again, but he has scored a lot of goals playing on the right," Spalletti said about what he plans to do with the Mexican, who was one of Napoli's most interesting players in the 2020-21 campaign. Lozano now has the challenge of maintaining his level and winning the pulse of Politano. The first thing will be to get over the injuries and make up ground in Spalletti's first choices for the team's attack. A new era has begun at Napoli and for Lozano it is the year of truth.


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