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.
for a world record fee. the squad was rebuilt around him. eighth in his first season, third in his second year. by 1987, maradona had worked his magic under the guidance of manager ottavio bianchi. the first team from the south to win the serie a since cagliari in 1970, cultural barriers had been broken. and a year after fulfilling his childhood dream of lifting the world cup for argentina, his status was lifted to an even higher plane. when maradona arrived in naples, it was seen like a sort of a messiah, something that would bring justice to the people. maradona for napoli, maybe is a god, maybe is a saint, maybe is a president, and maybe is everything. he represented a lot, - because he gave people hope. and hope is an important thing. it s a powerful one. maradona, here, was a demigod.
when they was born, they support naples, since the first day of the life. first time i saw a football match, i was speaking with my father. iasked him, 0k, dad, we are supporting? who are we? he said the blue guys . i said, why? he gave me two answers. first one, because this is the team of our city. and the second, more important, because in this team plays diego armando maradona. diego maradona came to the club injune198a, for a world record fee. the squad was rebuilt around him. eighth in his first season, third in his second year. by 1987, maradona had worked his magic, under the guidance of manager ottavio bianchi. as the first team from the south to win serie a since cagliari in 1970, cultural barriers had been broken. and a year after fulfilling his childhood dream of lifting the world cup for argentina,
ottavio bianchi. as the first team from the south to win the serie a since cagliari in 1970, cultural barriers had been broken. and a year after fulfilling his childhood dream of lifting the world cup for argentina, his status was lifted to an even higher plane. when maradona arrives in naples, it was seen like a sort of a messiah, something that would bring justice to the people. maradona for napoli, maybe is a god, maybe is a saint, maybe is a president, and maybe is everything. he represented a lot, - because he gave people hope. and hope is an important thing. it s a powerful one. maradona, here, was a demigod. maradona could not walk in the city in the daytime. there were, i don t know, a mother with her child, walking in the street,