the relationship born in Rome, now together with Napoli-Corriere.it

Rudi Garcia coach of Napoli is not a first choice but neither a leap in the dark. In fact, the news of the last two weeks tells of the casting of the president Aurelio De Laurentiis which, net of the cinematic narration of the 40 candidates, was experienced between phone calls, lunches and dinners with a dozen coaches, animated by all-round comparisons and even by some refusals.

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, the Italian does not detach himself from Fiorentina and avoids the leap forward, Thiago Motta still chooses Bologna and Galtier must resolve his relationship with PSG, here comes the Frenchman Rudi. A man of two worlds – Spanish origins, born in France and last exotic experience in Saudi Arabia – the face of a consummate actor, guitar lover and man of culture conquered the producer Aurelio who decided in less than 48 hours. Alone. Paulo Sousa had also aroused his curiosity, but within two hours his name had already been crossed out.

Empathy, even before the football experience. This is the spark that the man of cinema must perceive before betting on the leading actor. With Garcia it clicked, the contract (long, complicated, but all in all standard) ready. Remote signing. Effective presentation on Monday at the Capodimonte Museum. Garcia, 60 years old, knowledge of Italian football, desire to get back into the game without the anxiety of confrontation with Spalletti. The resolved man, with a personal story that also tells of the courage in his choices:finds love in Rome, makes his relationship with journalist Francesca Brienza public

, he does it with a photo on social media that shows them together in front of the Colosseum. Rudi, 23 years older than Francesca, three children from his previous partner Veronique, does not hide behind the finger of false modesty. He faces the stormy sea, ends criticism with clarity. «I had to understand that the Arabian wind – writes Brienza on Instagram on her 37th birthday – was taking us back to Italy» and thus endorses Rudi’s choice. The boyfriend that she followed everywhere, continuing to do his job as a journalist, managing to separate the areas and giving an imprint of normality to a relationship born in the spotlight. Francesca lives her reality regardless of Rudi but together with him. The Instagram profile (76,000 followers) is a continuous story of journeys to places of the heart, which for Garcia are also work. She is alone in the desert of Riad, she is reporter drinking tea with Bedouins, doing tutorials on the veil. From Arabia, sorties to Paris, he returns home to Rome, to the stands of the Olimpico which ignites his only football passion.

The coach in Naples: he starts again from 4-3-3, he is informed that the team is susceptible to changes (from Kim to Osimhen, the main protagonists of the Scudetto, possible starters), he accepted the challenge.

His Napoli, however revisited, is a car that can travel on automatic pilot, Garcia is not asked for teaching (the one in which the field man Spalletti spent himself) but for management towards an international goal. “Let’s try to win the Champions League”, Aurelio said it frankly, just as he prophesied the Scudetto last year. Rudi is not a leap in the dark, his palmarès is discreet, the icing on the cake is missing. The same one that Spalletti lacked. Crossed destinies, once again. Francesca blew out 37 candles: «I moved from the attack to midfield, the game is still long. Thanks to the Neapolitans, given the current situation». A little red heart on social media.