LECCE, ITALY – OCTOBER 28: Head coach of SSC Napoli Antonio Conte looks on prior to the Serie A match between US Lecce and SSC Napoli at Stadio Via del Mare on October 28, 2025 in Lecce, Italy. (Photo by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Images)
Former Napoli striker Roberto Sosa believes Partenopei players no longer want to play under Conte, as he feels their 2-0 loss against Bologna was ‘the typical match you see when the players want to get rid of the coach.’
Napoli suffered a 2-0 loss at the Stadio Dall’Ara against Bologna on Sunday, seeing Roma and Inter overtake them at the top of the Serie A table.
The Partenopei are now level on 22 points with Milan, two points below the leading pair.
No Napoli goals in the last three games
NAPLES, ITALY – NOVEMBER 04: SSC Napoli head coach Antonio Conte looks on before the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD4 match between SSC Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on November 04, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
Antonio Conte’s side have only won two of the last five games across all competitions and have not scored a goal in the last three.
The Italian tactician noted at full-time that the “positive energy” of last season had disappeared, but according to ex-Napoli striker Sosa, there’s an even bigger problem in the Napoli dressing room.
Sosa: Napoli players want to ‘get rid’ of Conte
BOLOGNA, ITALY – NOVEMBER 09: Antonio Conte, Head Coach of Napoli, looks on prior to the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and SSC Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on November 09, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
“It’s the typical match you see when the players want to get rid of the coach,” Sosa said during ‘La Partita dei campioni’ on Tele A (via Calciomercato.com).
“The players weren’t even angry despite being two goals down, and I’ve said this before about other teams. Today, I have to say it about Napoli.”
BOLOGNA, ITALY – NOVEMBER 09: Thijs Dallinga of Bologna FC 1909 scores his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and SSC Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on November 09, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
Sosa spent four years at Napoli, from 2004 to 2008, scoring 30 goals in 131 matches and contributing to promotions from Serie C1 to Serie A.
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