Napoli ready to end long wait for Italian title
4 years agoA man walks past a graffiti depicting Argentine's football legend Diego Maradona, with flags, banners and a papier mache model of Naples's football players (up), in the colors of Napoli, decorating the Quartieri Case Nuove in central Naples on April 29, 2023, on the eve of the Italian Serie A football match between Napoli and Salernitana. - Naples, as the city braces up for its potential first Scudetto championship win in 33 years. An incredible 19 points clear at the top of Serie A, it's surely only a matter of time until southern Italy's biggest club win the Scudetto for the first time since 1990, when Diego Maradona was still strutting his stuff in sight of Mount Vesuvius. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
Authorities in Naples are steeling themselves for a wave of partying should the current crop of stars emulate Diego Maradona and seal a third Scudetto for Napoli, with fans ready to unleash an explosion of joy after three decades of pent-up frustration.
