Allegri did not lead Napoli training after Venezia loss and faces increasing risk of sack

The latest reports confirm that Massimiliano Allegri did not lead Napoli’s recovery session on Sunday morning after Saturday’s defeat against Venezia due to illness, whilst newspapers in Italy suggest that coach has two difficult games to turn his Partenopei career around.

Napoli were beaten 1-0 in Serie A on Saturday by a Venezia side that had not picked up a single point in any of their first six league games of the season.

Before the Venezia match, Allegri had already matched the worst start to a Napoli season in 17 years by suffering four defeats in his first eight games in charge across all competitions.