Napoli fans celebrate Italian football league title (PHOTOS)

BY COLOMBO TIMES ON May 07, 2023 - 11:46 AM

In the second half of Thursday night’s game with Udinese, Napoli player Victor Osimhen scored the goal that secured the team’s place as the 2023 Italian Serie A champions.

The last time Napoli won the title was in 1990 and before that 1987.

Both wins came from a team led by Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona, a beloved and saint-level personality for Neapolitans even today.

For many people in the southe city, Italian football represents much more than a sport.

Although the game is a way for people to enjoy themselves and to have pride in their team, it is also seen as a political battle between the deeply divided north and south of the country. (Al Jazeera)

Fever pitch as Napoli on brink of first Serie A title since 1990

A child sits on their parent’s shoulders shouting and waving around a Napoli fan after the team secured their title as the 2023 Italian champions; a title that has not been won by the team since 1990. [Savin Mattozzi/Al Jazeera]
Fever pitch as Napoli on brink of first Serie A title since 1990
Young Neapolitan men light red flairs and wave Napoli flags in one of the city’s most central squares to celebrate Napoli’s first Serie A victory since Diego Maradona in 1990. Football is one of the ways for the city’s youth to feel pride in their city that is often the punchline of discriminatory jokes about crime and education. [Savin Mattozzi/Al Jazeera]
Fever pitch as Napoli on brink of first Serie A title since 1990

(colombotimes.lk)