Technical problems of the plane: The journey of Naples to Portugal is postponed for a while

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Some technical problems of the plane with which they were going to travel to Portugal, has caused the agenda of the Italian team to be changed.

Coach Rudi Garcia and Mario Rui will not appear at the scheduled time (17:45) at the press conference in front of the journalists.

As reported by the Italian medium “Sky Sport Italia”, the players and the rest of the staff waited for about two hours for their plane to land at Naples airport.

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Napoli will host Portuguese team Braga in the opening round of Group C for the 2023/24 season.

The Neapolitans reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League last year under the orders of Luciano Spalletti, but were then eliminated by Milan.

The reigning Serie A champions are currently sixth in the standings, with just seven points amassed after the first four rounds.

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