Julio Algañaraz
11/25/2020 4:45 PM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 11/25/2020 4:45 PM
It was getting dark early in the Italian autumn, when the news of Diego Maradona's death reached the second city of his life after Buenos Aires.
"Farewell to the King of Naples"
, full page title "Il Mattino", the popular daily.
The streets half-deserted by fear of the coronavirus epidemic reacted stunned.
"It was the happiness of Naples", said
a ragazzo that could not contain the tears
.
The stadium lights were turned on “a giorno”, saying goodbye to “the king of Naples”.
People expressed their mourning with a claim: that the San Paolo bears the name of Maradona from now on.
One leader said he agreed.
There were some groups that did not resist: they all got together wearing the chinstrap to protect themselves from the coronavirus and walked to the great mural of Diego in the Spanish neighborhood, the most typical of the city.
It did not matter the rigorous curfew
that began as every night in Italy that forces you to cover yourself inside the house because of the danger of the virus.
“With the stadium lights we want to
give back the immense light that Diego gave us with his immense talent
.
He was the best, the greatest ever, "said
Corrado Ferlaino
, who was the patron of the club
, with a broken voice
.
He was the one who took Maradona to Napoli.
"I am destroyed," he added.
“I am a Neapolitan and like all Neapolitans we cry for it and that's enough.
Diego was a genius and a genius cannot be like an ordinary person.
His football was the best because it was perfect
.
Pelé had to score goals.
Maradona had to amaze ”.
A mural of Maradona in the Spanish quarter of Naples.
The city, moved by the death of Diego.
Photo: AFP
The news paralyzed Italy instantly, as soon as the television channels began to broadcast the scoop of
Clarín
referring to the death of the idol.
All television programs were suspended.
Maradona monopolized the media as the news spread.
"La Repubblica"
in Rome paid him a special tribute.
He published an article by his best sports boss, Gianni Mura, who died a few months ago, on November 5, 1985. Two days before, Diego performed the feat most remembered by the Neapolitans.
Winning the solo against Juventus of Turin, the super champion who has rented the number one "scudetto" for years.
“He had to stop Juve and he stopped it.
Popular fantasy does not have an account of the collective, a word so dear to Octavio Bianchi.
His name is Diego Armando Maradona and his left-handed man is unforgiving.
They say that he even passed over San Gennaro (ndr: the legendary saint of Naples).
What did Maradona do?
Almost nothing.
The law of gravity defeated
.
The greatest "scugnizzo" (pronounced scuñiso "in dialect) Neapolitan for popular love, which in Italian would be" ragazzino ", kid, golden kid, scored one of his most famous happy and mocking goals, writes Gianni Mura.
pic.twitter.com/rrNx4Sr7PD
- JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) November 25, 2020
The repetition that is seen every week on an Italian television channel that cannot resist that magic, made history because Naples beat Juventus 1-0, which was first in the standings with eight games played and as many won.
He was fouled when he dribbled with his immortal left-foot in front of the Juventine fence and the San Paolo crowd was fired up.
Indirect shot.
Impossible goal.
It was too close.
They gave him the pass and Diego kicked softly.
The ball with the mute stadium went up not very fast.
And suddenly he came down and got into an angle of centimeters.
For the history.
After the winning goal against the English in Mexico in the 1986 World Cup,
the impossible goal against Juventus is the one most remembered by Naples
.
Gianni Mura wrote: “Better not to believe in miracles anymore.
Maradonapoli is gold
”.
Diego dedicated the goal to Naples.
All soccer champions love the public in words.
Maradona in the crowd bathrooms feels all those tifosi (fans) as he is for them, but seriously ”.
Rome, correspondent.