Gilmour praised, Napoli's attack alarm sounds before Florence

Il Mattino leads on the individual performances out of the Bologna game, starting with Billy Gilmour. The paper says the Scot has "made his way into Allegri's heart" after covering 12.743km in the match, the highest figure in the whole squad.

Corriere dello Sport also focuses on individuals ahead of Florence, but strikes a different note. Its front page hails Kevin De Bruyne, saying the Belgian has "bewitched Allegri", while a separate piece notes that "Napoli finds its rapport with Lang again" — a sign of growing confidence in the Dutchman before the trip to the Franchi (Fiorentina's stadium).

Off the pitch, Tuttosport reports that Aurelio De Laurentiis is to be presented with a commemorative plaque by the Lega Serie A, Serie A's governing body, to mark the club's centenary. He could not collect it on Wednesday 16 September, when it was instead handed to Fiorentina president Rocco Commisso; the presentation has been put back to October, at the league's next general assembly.

On the away-day front, La Repubblica reports that all 300 tickets in the away end for Fiorentina-Napoli are already gone, even though the allocation is far smaller than the demand from Napoli supporters.

Our take

Il Mattino praising Gilmour and sounding the alarm on the attack on the same day is not a contradiction. The two things are two sides of the same truth, and it is the most honest read of the day. What nobody spells out in full is the scale of the problem: Napoli are 10th, with two home defeats already on the board, and the goals are coming only from Højlund's flashes, not from any collective idea. The rest — the plaque for De Laurentiis, the sold-out tickets — is legitimate context, but it is secondary. It is not what will decide whether Florence turns into the turning point, or just another warning bell that goes unheeded.