If the Naples he is in heaven and the Antonio Conte cure is working, among the positive effects is also the discovery of the truth Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. That 23-year-old Georgian player who burst into Serie A in the summer of 2022, under the wings of Luciano Spalletti, left everyone speechless with his dribble-maniac shots and George Best-like movements that immediately cast the spotlight on him. A star who was long flattered, just a few months ago, by Paris Saint-Germain in a hot summer in which the Neapolitan club and president De Laurentiis first and foremost had to erect an insurmountable wall to protect their diamond.
The real Georgian ace is back
Although last season, with Napoli finishing in tenth place 12 months after the Scudetto, he seemed to have got lost a bit in the frustrations of a team affected by morale and negative results, as well as by the emotional storm of the Azzurri fans. But the present says something else entirely. At the moment, according to data released by CIES Football Observatoryin collaboration with Wyscout, Kvaratskhelia is in fact the player who creates the most scoring opportunities in Serie A. This is based on an index calculated by adding the frequency of passes that lead to a goal or a clear scoring opportunity, plus the touches break the opponent’s defensive line received by a teammate.
Antonio Conte pampers him
In the last match played against Monza, Kvara he showed clear signs of nervousness and anger when he was called to the bench for substitution in the 75th minute against Monza to bring Mazzocchi onto the pitch. But for Antonio Conte, Napoli coach, it is a positive sign: “I didn’t see, I don’t know if he was angry with himself or not. He did what he had to do, the goal, a good game. But he had yellow, he was a a little nervous, he even protested lively and it’s unusual for me, this nervousness pleases me, it means he’s present, he feels the challenge, but he has to stay calm with the referee because we want to finish with 11 men. I see him very involved. also emotionally and I want to see my players involved like this, even angry with the referee, it means they care.”