Marianucci blocked by UEFA rules: Naples exhausts substitution quota
The young defender cannot be added to the roster for Porto as the club has already used its sole extraordinary substitution allowed in the group stage. The only remaining option is the List B pathway with Primavera players.
Luca Marianucci will not be available for Naples' European clash against Porto, but not due to technical or physical reasons: UEFA regulations have ruled him out. The Partenopean club has exhausted the sole extraordinary modification of the UEFA squad list permitted during the group stage.
European rules allow just one substitution of a outfield player in List A when that player becomes unavailable for at least 60 days. This allowance is valid until the sixth group matchday, but Naples already exercised it previously, replacing Favasuli with Giovane ahead of the Villarreal fixture. That change has now consumed the entire regulatory buffer.
For Allegri, the only remaining avenue to access fresh resources is through List B, reserved for Primavera youth players. In a season marked by persistent obstacles, the manager will need to carefully deploy his limited alternatives, with no further regulatory flexibility available in ongoing European competitions.