Napoli might win their third Scudetto on Sunday. If second-placed Lazio draw or lose their match against Inter Milan earlier in the day, Luciano Spalletti’s side will move to 81 points and end the city’s 33-year wait for the Serie A title since Diego Maradona led the team to two championships in 1987 and 1990. Italian media reports claim that going around the city can make one assume the squad won. Nearly every neighborhood in Naples has sky blue and white streamers, flags with Napoli players’ faces, special new jerseys, graffiti of Maradona, and banners announcing Italy’s Champions: Campioni d’Italia.
On Sunday, Napoli may win the Serie A championship after 33 years by beating Salernitana.
After three decades of misery, Napoli supporters are ready to celebrate if the current generation of players replicate Diego Maradona and win a third Scudetto. Authorities in Naples are preparing for a fiesta.
Napoli needs Lazio to lose against Inter Milan in Sunday’s early kick-off to win the league a record-breaking six matches before the conclusion of the season.
Luciano Spalletti’s team will win if they overcome Salernitana in a colorful stadium named for their Argentine star.
Spalletti says Napoli must emulate Diego Maradona, the talisman behind their 1987 and 1990 titles, and let fans loose in southern Italy’s biggest city over May Day weekend.
“It’s above all about them who we should be thinking about… Let’s think about them because they’ve had the joy of watching a group of committed players who give everything for them,” said Spalletti.
“They have shown a lot for us, and have been really important in us having such an exciting end of season.”
Due to a huge comic book convention being hosted near the Stadio Maradona, the match versus Salernitana was postponed a day for security reasons.
On Saturday, Salernitana owner Danilo Iervolino told Gazzetta Dello Sport that the judgment “sets a very dangerous precedent”.
Iervolino is furious that his relegation-threatened club has one day less to prepare for Wednesday’s home encounter against Fiorentina.
“No-one has thought about our needs,” Iervolino remarked.
“The dignity of one team has been trampled on in favour of another team’s… I hope it never happens again.”
Even if they lose this weekend, Napoli will win the league with a 17-point advantage.
Naples has been ready to celebrate for weeks, with flags, banners, and cardboard player cutouts decorating the city for an Italian fan invasion.
Some fans have suggested setting off a small artillery’s worth of flares on Mount Vesuvius to simulate an eruption of Europe’s last active volcano.
Napoli fans have reclaimed opposition chants about Vesuvius “washing with fire” Naples.
The Vesuvius National Park Authority termed the proposal “dangerous and not feasible” and urged local officials to avoid damaging the volcano’s sensitive environment.