A Napoli Story, Diego Maradona And Serie A Glory
A year on from Serie A success, I visit Napoli to discuss trophies, siege mentality and Diego Maradona with local fans.
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A year on from Serie A success, I visit Napoli to discuss trophies, siege mentality and Diego Maradona with local fans.
Naples, Italy has a tradition of giving back called caffè sospeso, or, the suspended coffee. Those buying an espresso from a cafe can buy two--one for them and one for someone who comes in later without the means to buy one. This act of giving back has long been a tradition in Italy and has only spread because of COVID. No longer are there just suspended coffees, there are now suspended baskets, filled with food for those in need.
"Napoli is like a lasagne. It's full of layers and every time we dig down, we find another slice,"
A mural of Diego Maradona painted in 1990 looks over a small piazza in Quartieri Spagnoli, a working-class district in the heart of Naples. Painted in blocks of flat colour, the Argentinian footballer is shown wearing the sky-blue SSC Napoli football kit, his black, Bacchic hair standing out against the crumbling tufo stone of the apartment block. Photographs, paintings and posters of the star appear below the mural, the images accumulating from the moment Maradona led the Napoli football club to win two unprecedented league titles – first in 1987 and then in 1990. Since his death on 25 N...