That's right, in order to take the top 4 positions in the Serie-A table this season, Napoli need more improvement. A look at Napoli's last three matches shows that they have done badly in all three matches. And there they lost many points. Napoli's loss of extra points makes the fight for the top tougher. However, in yesterday's match, Napoli managed to snatch full points from Salernitana. That was very important for Napoli. I thought for a win against a team at the bottom of the standings, Napoli shouldn't face too many problems. But this win was not easy for Napoli. The match turned out to be a struggle for Napoli.
Napoli has won one of their games recently, they actually struggled literally to win that game and it's very true they aren't in a good form at this time but they were earlier this season and even Last season such that they were even able to win the league title by the end of the season but now I don't know how well they will be able to defend the title.
Osimhen who is currently at the AFCON has got an impact on the team via his absence, this shows they have got some level of dependency on him but they will try their best to seeing if they can cope in his absence, it's almost very certain they will not be able to get to the top of the table again this season because their form currently is such that can get them to that position and moreover they aren't complete as a full squad, this will give us an insight into how Napoli will look like if he had left as been anticipated see times last year.
Napoli have of course experienced many setbacks this season. That's why they sit in seventh place in Serie A, two points adrift of the top four and this will likely increase because Fiorentina have yet to finish their match, and Napoli are 20 points behind leaders Inter Milan. In my opinion, Napoli will definitely fail to defend the Scudetto this season, and will most likely end the season without winning any trophy, maybe Inter will also win the Italian Super Cup this season.
Napoli still has a chance to finish in the top four of the standings and that is still quite open. Yesterday victory over Salernitana could have been a turning point in their performance to be more consistent in the future. Before the 16th round of the UCL rolls around again, Walter Mazzarri must be able to form his fleet to be more solid, because the challenges in the UCL require a harder fight than in Serie A. If Napoli can recover, they have the opportunity to win the Italian Super Cup, but there is Inter who will be favorite team there.
Osimhen is a key player in Mazzarri lineup, without his presence it makes it difficult for Napoli to win. We have seen that when they played against the team at the bottom of the standings, Napoli had difficulty winning and securing full points. Without Osimhem, Napoli chances of winning are very low, but we hope he can return from the National Team fit, because if he suffers an injury like before, Napoli will be at a big disadvantage in this case.