This time it's all true: the Naples is champion of Italy! The party, dormant (but not that much) for weeks, finally exploded yesterday evening at 22.37 pm, when the referee Abisso whistled the end of the game in Udine. The 1-1 signed by Lovric and Osimhen gave Spalletti that point he still lacked to certify a championship that was literally dominated, yet still virtual, at least until yesterday, when the blue people were able to shout their joy to the sky.
Scudetto Napoli, De Laurentis: "We all won together"
“You told me you wanted to win and we all did it together – De Laurentiis began on the Maradona lawn, crowded with over 60 fans who flocked to watch the match on the giant screens -. Thanks, we all won together and now Sunday with Fiorentina we're all here for the big party. Thanks again everyone. Today is the culmination of an expectation that lasted 33 years, when I arrived here I said it would take 10 years to go to Europe: promise kept in advance. Then I said we would win the Scudetto within 10 years and we did it early. Now the goal is to win it and win it again, after which we will only need the Champions League. This team was weighed down with responsibilities, it needed fresh air and the ability to fly high as a group and not as individuals who worked as a brake. The project never stops, today it is a starting point and not an arrival point".
Spalletti is moved: "Naples, this Scudetto is for you"
"For those who are used to working all the time like me, the problem is that they can't fully enjoy victories, joy is always fleeting - he explained Spalletti with eyes shining with emotion -. I should be able to stop for a moment, but I'm already thinking about the work to do. Seeing the Neapolitans smile is the greatest emotion, they are the ones who transfer it to me through their happiness. I had the feeling of a whole city on my shoulders, now I know that many people will get through the hard times in their lives looking back on this moment, it was a huge responsibility and now I feel more relaxed. When I said I wanted to win the Scudetto last year I was told I was going further, but it was to stimulate the players. Here were Benitez, Ancelotti, Sarri who played the best football in Italy, Gattuso who won the Italian Cup… What could I do but win the Scudetto?”
The report cards: Giuntoli, Spalletti, Oshimen and Kvara the symbols of triumph
The Napoli company deserves a 10 and everyone is part of it, from the president De Laurentiis to those behind the scenes such as employees and warehouse workers. But right to exalt the brightest jewels of this Scudetto, starting with Cristiano Giuntoli (score 10), the true deus ex machina of the masterpiece. The DS has been able to build a very strong team keeping accounts in order and without looking at names and palmares, but only at the technical and human qualities. This explains the coups Kvaratskhelia and Kim and the very well-paid sales of Koulibaly and Fabian Ruiz, as well as the farewells of Insigne, Mertens and Ospina. The material was then shaped to perfection by Spalletti (score 9), another great architect of the blue triumph.
The coach from Certaldo thus took his revenge on those who had always classified him among the "successful losers", conquering the first Italian Scudetto of his career (which joins the two in Russia with Zenit) and, above all, signing a feat that rightfully brings him into the history of Italian football: a tricolor in Naples, after all, has a value destined to remain over time, like a story to be handed down from generation to generation. And then there are the protagonists on the pitch, above all Osimhen (vote 9) and Kvaratskhelia (8,5), capable of dragging the whole Naples environment with goals and screaming plays. The Nigerian gets half a vote more for the simple reason of having been more decisive and continuous, but the Georgian also put on a show, especially in the first part of the season, when he left the entire football world stunned, incredulous at having made to escape for only 11 million.
The city gone mad with joy: Naples celebrates but a young man dies
Naples couldn't wait to party and yesterday finally kicked off the dances that had been awaited for months. Last Sunday's misstep, if possible, made the expectation of the blue supporters even stronger, who took to the streets just like 33 years ago. Unfortunately the joy of the celebrations is tinged with red: a 26-year-old young man died, hit by a shot fired into the crowd. Three other people were injured by gunfire and three by the explosion of firecrackers. The latter, all wounded in the hands, were hospitalized at Vecchio Pellegrini.
If 33 years ago there was a certain Maradona to be the leader of the peopleToday, however, Diego is gone, but his image, if possible, is even more widespread: seeing the party in the Spanish Quarters, right under the mural that portrays him, is to be believed. It cannot be a coincidence that he scored the decisive goal Osimhen, the real star of the team together with Kvaratskhelia, as if fate wanted to sanction a handover between the phenomenon of then and that of today, albeit with the necessary differences (Maradona, moreover, is unattainable for everyone). Thousands and thousands of people have experienced one unforgettable evening, which began with a game that started badly and ended in a great way: at the initial goal by Lovric, which had made several ghosts hover, Osimhen replied and there the fears vanished, with the same speed as a shot from the Nigerian. From that moment on, the party went wild like a crazed pinball machine, involving all the most significant places in Naples, but also in the rest of Italy: just think that the celebrations took place in Milan, Turin, Udine etc etc. A triumph in all respects, in short, in a night that the blue people will never forget.
