naples. the noisy, the chaotic the effervescent one. the one which in the sun smells of the salt in its sea, and in the shade, odours of the dampness of its alleyways. naples. the modern, the experimental, the iridescent one. the naples of mount vesuvius, as seen by andy warhol. the city of the prog rock and blues of pino daniele and napule e. the polychrome naples. the melancholic and syncopated naples of liberato. naples. the lazzerona. the popular. the naples of diego. the city owned by its people. naples. which usually loses, but occasionally manages to win. on may 4, napoli secured the european championship with a draw at udinese, a first serie a title for azzurri in 33 years the first since diego maradona. take six neapolitans, the class of 23, and view the achievement through their eyes. in naples, football is everything. isjoy, is love, is fun, is sadness. it is important to us to win against teams from the north. we are pending for this- moment since a long time.
of italian football but loyal fans still came, over 50,000 for theirfirst serie c match against cittadella. there was promotion back to serie a in 2007. six years later they were runners up tojuventus, the rise masterminded by coaches like walter mazzarri, rafael benitez and mauricio sarri. he started like a slow but constant growth. he was in serie b. napoli then went into serie a, then europa league and he was really able to understand that, for a team like this, football training was fundamental. we like to have a president who like to spend money. he doesn t like to spend money. laughs. he preferred to get good players and not spending so much money. he had not the money