Having headed into the international break with back-to-back losses, Napoli will try to steady the ship on Saturday, when they visit an ailing Hellas Verona side.
Following defeats to Real Madrid and Fiorentina, the Serie A champions resume action at Stadio Bentegodi, where Hellas have won only once in the league this season.
Viola boss Vincenzo Italiano had been a contender for the Napoli job before current incumbent Rudi Garcia was appointed to succeed Luciano Spalletti in the summer, and his team put on an impressive show at Stadio Maradona, where they ran out 3-1 winners.
Jeered off by a significant section of their fans at the final whistle, the champions had hauled themselves level through Victor Osimhen's penalty in first-half stoppage time, but they could not find another goal and were ultimately punished during the final half-hour.
Napoli have not lost successive Serie A matches since December 2021, so Garcia is now under intense pressure to avoid such a setback this weekend, as they travel north to take on a club with which they share a longstanding enmity.
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