They live with love, - with so much emotion, in a different way- to the north. we are not a team i that is used to win. so now in this moment, | we re getting everything that we need. it s also almost 30 year that we are waiting - for this championship. we feel this energy and we are very happy people because it would be like a dream come true. and i think that is the special thing of neapolitan team. the people, the supporters are crazy for naples. maybe sometimes they tell me, for me, naples is more than my girlfriend, more than my wife. numberone. for the neapolitans, the club is very special. in this stadium, the atmosphere is amazing. we start to celebrate, first of all. and we be very proud of this.
Neapolitans and maradona, i think they see themselves. neapolitans in maradona, i think they see themselves. maradona really gave us a lot of energy, a lot of power, a lot of meanings. so we develop a really strong relationship between south america citizens and italia, especially naples, we have a strong relationship with argentinians. and for them, soccer and football is very important, too, so i don t know, i think it is like a cultural or socialthing, it is particular and unique. nowadays, maradona is still present in this - city, you know? you just have to walk - in the street and you can find a paint of diego maradona literally everywhere. - you can find one .
And see maradona, the first thought of the mother was here, take my son and give him a kiss you know? it s like the pope. maradona was something incredibly special, because right now we have an incredible team. at that time we had a good team, but maradona was something like a god, and he carried on his shoulders the team and bring naples the victory. he is a man, a conqueror. in the south, we have i to win against the north. for maradona to do this, it is all. - he also was from a poor country. he was from argentina. they had nothing, like most of the neapolitans of that time. however, in each of the objectives, he came here and he had nothing, but he take everything. and i think that is the point, yeah.
Of his career in naples, and naples loved him since the first day. maradona led napoli to uefa cup success in 1989 and a second serie a title a year later, but he left the club following a 15 month ban after a positive drugs test. no one could replace him. star players came and went, but long term decline set in and the club were relegated in 1998. after maradona, there was some big problem. it was a hard time for young neapolitans. we were still thinking, ok, now we are not so good but we are still 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