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<div data-fco-dynamic-placement="" data-fco-dynamic-placement-type="match-recirculation" data-fco-embed-id="fco-dynamic-placement:match-recirculation"><script type="application/json" data-placement="match-recirculation">{"type":"match-recirculation","data":{}}</script></div><p style="text-align: start;"><span>Massimiliano Allegri is feeling the heat at Napoli after Serie A defeat by Venezia.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span>Italian reports today claim the Napoli board's patience with Allegri is beginning to run out. He missed Sunday morning's recovery session after Saturday's 1-0 loss to Venezia, having come down with flu, according to Corriere dello Sport.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><br></p><div data-fco-dynamic-placement="" data-fco-dynamic-placement-type="fcplayer-semantic"><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90","embedType":"SEMANTIC","embedId":"5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90","publisher":null,"playerId":null,"fallbackChannelId":null}}</script></div>

A final warning at Napoli: two matches that will shape Allegri's future

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Bodoe/Glimt

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Roma

<p style="text-align: start;"><span>Defeat to Venezia has left Napoli in deeper trouble, and it came against a side who had not picked up a single point in their first six league matches this season.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span>Allegri had already matched Napoli's worst start in 17 years before kick-off, with four defeats from the first eight games under his leadership across all competitions. Make that five in nine.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span>In Serie A, three wins and a draw sit alongside three defeats, and Napoli trail leaders Inter Milan by nine points.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span>Two Champions League defeats have piled on the pressure for the next round of fixtures. The margin for dropping more points has gone if they want a place in the last 16.</span></p><h4><span>Read also: Suppressed anger in the corridors of Real Madrid: a real threat looms over Mourinho</span></h4><p><br></p>

A stumbling start adds to the fears

<p style="text-align: start;"><span>Football Italia, citing La Gazzetta dello Sport, report that correcting course has become urgent, with Allegri's future at the head of Napoli's coaching staff under threat if he can't get a positive result from the next two matches.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span>First up are Norway's Bodo/Glimt on Tuesday in the Champions League, a game seen as decisive given Napoli's precarious continental position. Their opponents have form at this level, too: Bodo/Glimt knocked out Serie A champions Inter over both legs of the Champions League play-off last season.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span>Roma follow on Saturday 24 October at the Diego Armando Maradona, another awkward test against a side in good nick. Results are sliding and the margin for recovery is thin. Allegri's season at Napoli could be decided inside seven days, with reports pointing to a growing risk of the sack.</span></p><h4><span>Read also: Tickets sold out in 13 minutes: Messi's visit drives Spaniards wild</span></h4><h4><span>Video: A touching gesture: Barcelona star's grandmother draws all eyes at the Betis stadium</span></h4>

A final reprieve? Two matches that could decide Allegri's fate

Final warning at Napoli: two matches that will shape Allegri's future | Goal.com

Pressure is mounting on Massimiliano Allegri, the Napoli manager, after the defeat against Venezia in Serie A.

A final warning at Napoli: two matches that will shape Allegri&apos;s future

A stumbling start adds to the fears

Read also: Suppressed anger in the corridors of Real Madrid: a real threat looms over Mourinho

A final reprieve? Two matches that could decide Allegri's fate

Read also: Tickets sold out in 13 minutes: Messi's visit drives Spaniards wild

Video: A touching gesture: Barcelona star's grandmother draws all eyes at the Betis stadium

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