Napoli face Fiorentina under pressure after two defeats

Corriere dello Sport sets the tone with "Allegri mette pressione al Napoli" (Allegri puts pressure on Napoli), ranking Sunday's game away to Fiorentina among the season's most important. The implication: after two defeats already, another slip would hurt.

On team news, Sky's line-up piece points to a change: Noa Lang starting in attack. That contradicts other outlets reported the day before, which had Politano winning the shirt — a sign the papers do not agree on the starting XI.

La Repubblica focuses on tactics rather than names, expecting Allegri to stick with the 4-2-3-1 used against Bologna, with the midfield experiment of Lobotka and Gilmour continuing in the absence of McTominay and Anguissa.

Il Mattino takes a more upbeat angle, looking ahead: Costantino Favasuli's stock is rising after showing two things against Bologna that the paper calls "a beautiful card to play".

Transfer window

Tuttosport reports that Napoli are considering Cagliari's Andrea Romano, with president De Laurentiis said to have a specific financial reason in mind — the paper does not say more.

Il Mattino also gives space to Diego Armando Maradona Jr, who turns 40 on Monday 21 September, describing him as an ambassador for Napoli in his father's name.

Our view

The most telling thing in Sunday's press review is not in any headline: Gazzetta dello Sport, Italy's leading national paper, leads instead on Roma-Inter, leaving Napoli out of the day's top story. Outside Naples, Allegri's side still does not command fear or curiosity. Inside Naples, the debate splits between those piling on pressure (Corriere dello Sport) and those defending the coach regardless (Sky) — neither dwells enough on a fact that matters more than any team-selection question: this is the eighth-worst defence in the league, with eight players missing on the eve of the game. Plenty of talk about who plays on the left, not much about how the goal gets protected.