Fans React As Napoli Debuts Valentine Kit in Coppa Italia Loss to Cremonese

Fans React As Napoli Debuts Valentine Kit in Coppa Italia Loss to Cremonese

Elijah Odetokun
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:23 PM
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  • Napoli have been eliminated in the last 16 of the Coppa Italia by fellow Serie A side Cremonese.
  • The league leaders debuted their special edition Valentine kit in the match but it did not bring. good luck.
  • Neapolitans had earlier blasted the kit when it was announced on the club's social pages.

Napoli are in hot form in the Italian Serie A this season, leading on the table, nine points ahead of second placed AC Milan after just 18 games, and have only just lost once to Inter Milan.

They maintain similar form in the UEFA Champions League, winning their group and setting up a round of 16 tie against German Bundesliga club, Eintracht Frankfurt.

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Napoli fans have slammed their limited edition Valentine Kit as awful. Photo by Francesco Pecoraro.
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However, they have been knocked out of the domestic after losing on penalties to Cremonese, as reported by BBC Sports, but the fans' anger was directed at a limited-edition Valentine kit debuted in the match.

Fans react to Valentine kit

Ahead of the match, the league leaders debuted a limited-edition Valentine kit. According to The Kitman, it has the same template as the home and away kits and has gradient red sleeves with a giant red lipstick kiss on the bottom right.

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The fans of the club were not too impressed with the kit and reacted, with many slamming it awful under the comments section of the announcement post on Twitter.

@arnesk tweeted:

"Horrible"

@SerieABurner wrote:

''I made a Twitter account just so I could comment on how awful these jerseys are. They are awful. That is all.''

@davidtheenigma tweeted:

'[Expelitive] love this club but you guys need to cut a deal with nike or adidas cus the jerseys are always horrible''

@KMiz006 wrote:

"Should have released it April 1st"

@TalesofHanna wrote:

''Nooooo... It reminds me those awful tattoos some footballers actually have.''

@ShamelessNapoli wrote:

''We are so washed bruh''

According to an official statement, the shirts worn against Cremonese in the Coppa Italia will also be put up for auction and all proceeds will go to charity to three NGOs in the local region regarding gender-based violence.

Afena-Gyan reacts to Cremonese victory

Sports Brief earlier reported that Ghanaian young striker Felix Afena-Gyan reacted after his heroic performance against the Italian heavyweights in the Coppa Italia.

Gyan came off the bench to score the equalizer in the 87th minute to force the match to extra time and also netted the winning penalty.

He was given his Serie A debut by Jose Mourinho at Roma last season, before he was sold to the 19th placed club in the summer, much to the surprise of Romans.

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Elijah Odetokun is Reuters-trained journalist with three years of experience having previously worked at Daily Times Nigeria, OmaSports and El Futbolero.
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