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
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.
and now we are enjoying it. spalletti announced that he was leaving napoli three weeks after the title was won, saying he needed to take some time away from football. de laurentiis said, he s a free man. he s given us something and i thank him. it s right that he does what he wants. former roma boss rudy garcia takes over a squad with ambitions to repeat their title win and achieve success in europe, if star assets can be kept. supporting napoli was never meant to be easy. it is something that goes beyond winning titles and trophies. the perfect fit for a city that, after every game, salutes its team by chanting, i love you, even if you win.
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.