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Rain in Syria champions Napoli have parted company with head coach Rudy Garcia after just 16 matches in charge.

Here at the Maradona, final score, Napoli nil, Empoli won.

Walter Matzare is the surprise replacement having previously been in charge of the club in 2013.

So how have Napoli gone from winning their first league title in 33 years?

Spoletti has done it! Napoli have done it! The 33 year wait is over!

To sucking their manager just six months later.

I'm Ayahu Akimu Lerre. Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast.

All right, let's get into this, man.

It is only Wednesday, and high drama in Seria already to discuss the turbulent few months at Napoli.

It's the athletics fountain of Italian football knowledge.

James Holncastle with us.

James, right, look, where do we even start with this?

Rudy Garcia replaced title winning boss, Luciano Spilletti in the summer.

But it's just lasted, what, five months?

Where has it all gone wrong?

You say five months, I owe, but, you know, I mean, that's including two months of preseason.

So it's three months, really. And it feels like while he was sacked after only 12 league games it still feels like it was like a month

overdue which is remarkable i mean i think this job was always going to be really difficult for

anyone who who took spiletti's place because spiletti not only made history in kind of winning the league with Napoli for the

first time in 33 years, but anyone who does that, anyone who has success in Naples, does become

immortal. And, you know, it was true of Maradona. I think it's truer to a lesser extent of Spoletti.

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