It was July 4, 1984 when
Diego Armando Maradona
, after a long negotiation, arrived in Naples.
This is the ANSA launch with which the beginning of Maradona's Neapolitan adventure was described:
FOOTBALL - MARADONA IN NAPLES
(ANSA) - NAPLES, JULY 4 - MARADONA ARRIVED IN NAPLES AT 5.20 PM
, ON BOARD A '' RANGE ROVER '', ON WHICH
HIS ATTORNEY CYSTERZPILLER,
THE PLAYER'S
TWO
PERSONAL TELEVISION OPERATORS AND THE TWO
NAPLES EXECUTIVES WHO CARRIED
OUT
THE TRANSFER OPERATION
FROM ROME TO NAPLES, ANTONIO TAGLIAMONTE AND ENRICO ISAIA. FOR
REASONS OF PUBLIC ORDER, THE COMPANY HAS ASKED NOT TO MAKE
THE PLACE WHERE MARADONA IS IN THESE MOMENTS
. IT IS KNOWN, HOWEVER, THAT THE PLAYER WILL MAKE
DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS
DURING THE DAY
.
BS / ARB
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SOCCER - MARADONA IN NAPLES (2)
(ANSA) - NAPLES, 4 JULY - DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA HAS
ALREADY
GET
TO KNOW THE SAN PAOLO. THIS WAS HIS
FIRST '' IMPACT '' WITH THE CITY OF NAPLES. THE '' SAN
PAOLO ''
STADIUM
WAS THE SECRET PLACE OF WHICH NAPLES HAD
DISPOSED, WITH A
LOT
OF CONFIDENTIALITY, TO
GIVE
THE
PLAYER, TRUSTING THAT THE NEWS WOULD NOT BE FILTERED.
DESPITE ALL THE CONFIDENTIALITY SOME PRIVATE ISSUERS AND
SOME PHOTOGRAPHERS ALSO PRESIDED THE
SAN PAOLO
STADIUM
, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH
THE PLAYER WHO
WENT INTO
THE STADIUM
ON BOARD THE '' GIPPONE '' ROVER
AT 17.20
.
MARADONA STAYED IN SAN PAOLO FOR TWO PRECISE HOURS,
WHILE IN SOME WAY THE NEWS DID SPREAD ALSO
AND SOME GROUPS OF FANS GATHERED IN FRONT
OF
THE
STADIUM. BUT NO ONE, EXCEPT THE WORKERS AND THE
WORKERS OF SAN PAOLO, HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE PLAYER. IN THE
CHANGING ROOMS IN NAPLES MARADONA HAS TAKEN A SHOWER AND
THEN UNDERGOED THE FIRST MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, ARRANGED BY THE
SOCIAL DOCTOR EMILIO ACAMPORA. (CONTINUED).
IU / PB
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CALCIO - MARADONA IN NAPLES (3)
(ANSA) - NAPLES, 4 JUL - FOR NAPLES THERE WERE
MANY DIRECTORS,
IN
ADDITION TO TAGLIAMONTE AND ISAIA, THAT HAD
LEADED THE PLAYER FROM ROME TO NAPLES, THERE WERE ALSO THE MANAGERS CELENTANO, CARBONE
AND RETURNS. MARADONA APPEARED
CHEERFUL AND HAS DISPENSED MANY Jokes. WHEN
THE TERZINO MARINO ARRIVED
IN
THE DRESSING ROOMS, WHO WILL BE HIS TEAM-MATE,
AND WHO IS MUCH HIGHER THAN HIM, MARADONA WHO WAS ON THE
SANITARY
TABLE
TO UNDERGO MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, HE
STAND
UP ON THE
SAME BED SAYING TO THE NEXT
TEAM-
MATE
: '' WELL NOW WE ARE AT THE SAME HEIGHT AND WE CAN
TALK ''. THE ARGENTINE OFFICER WANTS TO SEE THE
PLAYING GROUND
THEN
. HE
CROSSED
THE LONG UNDERPASS OF
DISPEGNATION, HOWEVER FINDING IT CLOSED AND BECAUSE THE
ELECTRICITY WAS
MISSING
IT WAS NOT
POSSIBLE TO
OPEN IMMEDIATELY.
THEREFORE IT
WAS
NECESSARY TO ENTER FROM ANOTHER SIDE GATE. ON THE
GROUND, MARADONA HAS MADE THE SIGN OF THE
CROSS
THREE TIMES
, ASKED
FOR
A BALL AND GIVEN A FIRST
RIGHT
KICK TO
THE SPHERE, THEN OFFERED A SPONTANEOUS EXHIBITION TO
ALL THOSE PRESENT, FLASHING BALLS INTO THE TWO
NETS THE BALL IS '' PASSING '' WITH THE COACH IN
SECOND OF NAPLES ALBERTO DELFRATTI AND THE MANAGER OF
THE PARTENOPEAN CELENTANO COMPANY. (CONTINUED).
IU / ARB
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FOOTBALL - MARADONA IN NAPLES (4)
(ANSA) - NAPLES, 4 JULY - TO DEPIST THE GROUP OF
FANS AND TENS OF PHOTOPERATORS WHO STAYED IN FRONT OF THE
CANCELED THE STADIUM CLOSES, A FAKE
START
HAS BEEN ORGANIZED
. ON BOARD THE GIPPONE, WHICH ROCKET STARTED,
ALSO
FOLLOWED
BY THE OTHER CARS, SOME
SWEEPED GUARDS
HAD TAKEN IN EFFECT
. MARADONA AFTER A FEW MINUTES TOGETHER WITH
HIS INSEPARABLE FRIEND CYSTERZPILLER WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE
STADIUM ON A VOLKSWAGEN, WHICH EXIT IN ABSOLUTE
TRANQUILITY FROM THE ENTRANCE OF CURVE '' A ''. THE
LOCATION WHERE THE PLAYER GOED IN COMPANY OF
THE NAPLES
MANAGERS IS SECRET
. IT IS CERTAIN THAT HE DID NOT
GO TO
THE
HOTEL
DEL LUNGOMARE, IN FRONT OF WHICH
A LARGE CROWD HAD ALREADY GATHERED FOR A BREAK
OF
NEWS. IT IS NOT EXCLUDED
THAT THE PLAYER HAS BEEN BOARDED ON A YACHT ON WHICH
THEY WOULD SPEND THE NIGHT, OR WITH WHICH HE WOULD BE DIRECTED
TO AN NOT SPECIFIED LOCATION. THE PROGRAM
FOR TOMORROW'S DAY
IS CONFIRMED
, WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE
PLAYER AT 5.30 PM IN THE SAN PAOLO STADIUM, WHICH WILL FOLLOW THE
PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC, DURING THE FRIENDLY MATCH BETWEEN
THE CHAMPION TEAM STUDENTS OF NAPLES AND A
BELL
REPRESENTATIVE
. ON THE SAME DAY OF TOMORROW THE PLAYER WILL BE
PRESENTED TO THE NAPLES BOARD, ALWAYS IN
THE SAN PAOLO STADIUM.
HIS RETURN TO BARCELONA
IS EXPECTED ON THE SAME EVENING TOMORROW
.
IU / ARB
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