When Giacomo Raspadori rammed in his stoppage-time winner at Juventus last month, metronomic midfielder Zielinski slowly flopped to the floor in a mixture of joy and relief in the knowledge that the title was finally coming to Naples. Alongside Mario Rui, Zielinski is one of only two veterans of Napoli’s disappointment in 2018, when after beating leaders Juve in Turin to go one point behind with four games remaining they fell away.
