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 italian football 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. it sjoy, it s love, it s fun, it s sadness. it is important to us to win against teams from the north. we are pending for this- moment since a long time. so we just feel this . power, this emotion. this year, all of the opponents fall down inter, milan, juventus with their problems. we have to think about the future. we have this great future we re on our roads. to be neapolitan is a dream. i say every time we are firsti of all neapolitans, and then italians. the 2022 23 season wasn t expected to pan out this way. napoli, under head coach luciano
the team of maradona. and suddenly we were not a team anymore because napoli went into bankruptcy. we don t have money so we need to sell all the players. look at the players we had ferrara, cannavaro, we had zola many good players. we sell everybody to keep the balance but it was no good. it was a really difficult moment for the city and, for example, i remember about my grandmother that really involved in napoli football club because she was really a fan of the club, so that people really suffered this, they think we have lost everything. the club was bought by a film producer, aurelio de laurentiis, and, in his words, he only had
this team is passionate because it s a great team. they found an alchemy between these guys, it is incredible. they are a team, a real team, a real one. they collaborate, they play together. when you see the team play, you feel there is a great connection on the field, but also outside. i think this one of the ingredients that bring napolis to victory. when spalletti coach came, people were not so happy, because they had this impression that he was a locker room breaker. he had problems with totti in rome. he had problems with mauro icardi at inter. so when he came here, napoli fans didn t were not so happy.
a piece of paper, not even footballs to practise with. something changed with the arrival of aurelio de laurentiis. the president have a really complicated relationship with the city, with the supporter, because the supporter doesn t like the power and he represented the power. 0ur president never be so popular because he always follow his idea of the team as a brand, an industry. we like to have a president that be a fan and not a manager he was a manager, not a fan. i think that aurelio de laurentiis came because it was really cheap to buy naples in that time, so he took an economic advantage because, in that time, he was able to buy napoli with an amount of money which was maybe not worth the impression of the people. he was very clever,
0simhen is another secret of this team. he is notjust a finisher. he can create something just with his aggressive, just with his attitude. i think 0simhen will do a great job in the premier league, too. 0simhen is like. spalletti said he is like i a dragon with two heads because in boxing he is dangerous. i the fans waiting for this for over 30 years and everybody wished for it. naples is a city really connected with faith, with the local saint, st gennaro. many people ask to st gennaro, it s like our super man, the local patron of the city to win this championship, and finally it arrives. it was worth the wait