In this special bonus episode, Joe Fischetti provides five takeaways from Napoli’s final summer friendly and hypothesizes about the prospect of a Napoli reserve team.

Part 1 - Five takeaways from Napoli-Girona:  Meret’s blunder, breaking the press, Di Lorenzo’s position, the need for a proper number 9 and why losing a friendly can be a good thing (~0:47)

Part 2 - Napoli’s youth project:  why reserve teams were introduces, current U23 teams, rules governing reserve teams, hints that Napoli are pursuing a U23 team, benefits or reserve teams and what is required to create a successful project (~10:58)

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