It was a really huge loss for Napoli home by the way. I never expected such result like most people. I thought Napoli would even win you know. They beat Atalanta once away. But this performance was just horrible.
It seems like Napoli have given up and don't have any goal left to achieve. I mean their chance for top four was already really low and this result must have ended their remaining hopes. They can at least qualify for another European tournament but with this performance it isn't happening for sure. The players seem really unmotivated so Calzona wouldn't be able to do much in the remaining time period of the season I assume. They will need to get prepared better for next season.
Napoli's performance this season is very difficult to predict, they are really inconsistent so losing at home against Atalanta with a score of 3 goals without reply is quite embarrassing and not only that because of this defeat I think at this time Napoli has confirmed that they are not able to compete to compete for position in the European zone.
For this season, there is no hope left for Naoli and maybe it would be better for Napoli to maintain its current position and focus next season on building this team to be even better.
When you are in a slump like Napoli is currently, it seems like it will be difficult to get back up.
Seriously, Napoli is unpredictable this season. In some of the last matches before the international break, after beating Sassuolo with many goals, winning Juventus, and also drawing Inter Milan in an away game, I thought Napoli had picked back up their good form,not knowing they were just lucky with the matches they won or the poor performances of those teams. In that match yesterday, almost everyone bet on Napoli to win the game because it was their home game, and the opponent, Atalanta, seemed not to be as strong as Napoli currently from observation currently, but Napoli really denied the way they thought of them.
This season, I don't think that Napoli will be able to qualify for any European competition with the way they are performing. Currently, they are in the 8th position in the table, and their next match is Monza, for which I believe the team is also strong when playing in their home games and Napoli playing away. If Napoli wants to qualify for Next Season Europa, they need to put in more effort so they can win matches.
I predicted this earlier, and those who are regularly reading my posts about Napoli before this season shortly after they won the Scudetto last year could testify to it that I never saw them winning the Serie A cup this season, and that's if they will be part of the cup contender. Their 8th position now is proof of that. For me, they played well last season and deserve the winning, especially Victor Oshimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, but I never saw them being spectacular beyond then for lack of consistency and I can attribute what happened to them for winning last season's league to luck as well, they are not just the team that can replicate it. Even now, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia tried like before but Victor did not replicate it which is another issues for them. Also before the end of the season, they've been making mistakes which could have hinted to any sensitive person already about what they would do this season, and if not for the fact that they've had enough points ahead of their closest rival, it could have been another issue for them with the way they performed towards the end of the season. And I believe Luciano Spalletti was wise enough to know what could possibly go wrong, which made him excuse himself when the ovation was still very loud.
However, what happened yesterday was shameful, Napoli disappointed their fans and those who betted on them against Atalanta. It was such a match that people will least expect the outcome and that can be seen in the bigger odds given to Atalanta across betting platforms. Atalanta scored twice in the first half, thinking Napoli could equalize and still win, but still scored another towards the end of the match despite being at the home of Napoli. This is just not nice and shows how unprepared they were even as their attack and defence were just nonsense. Fine, they did well against Juventus and Napoli, may be they underestimated Atalanta.