Naples fans were excited about the flea's arrival, but not too much • For them, "Football Gods" have only one - Diego Maradona • Tonight, in the Champions Eight Final against Barcelona, ​​everything will explode in San Paulo

• Leo Messi in concluding training. There is no end to comparisons

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After accomplishing everything a footballer dreams of, Lao Messi will fulfill one of his only unfulfilled dreams tonight: playing at the temple that made Diego Armando Maradona God.

Napoli, Barcelona's opponent tonight in the eighth Champions League final, yesterday applauded Maradona's successor, who in the last league game scored a magical quartet for Iber's net.

Tackling tonight will actually start a very fateful week for the Catalans. Kika Stein's concern - making his debut as a team coach in a European setting - is not from the hot atmosphere in Sao Paulo, but more than what will happen on the lawn. Italian coach Genaro Gatoso prepares a tactical "cage" to counteract the flea and tiki-taka movements of his friends.

Today Barca is more dependent on Messi than ever. The reasons: Soares and Dembla's injuries, and the fact that Griezmann still only looks like the shadow of former Atletico Madrid star.

Messi in Barcelona's concluding training session. Neapolitans believe in only one saint // Photo: AP

When his team arrived in Naples with only 14 senior players, plus boy Ansu Patti, Messi admitted it would not be easy to fight for the Champions. His amazing words, which did not get enough headlines because of the club mess, take the pressure off and mostly reveal the truth.

The Argentine knows that one of the main reasons for the last four rejections from the factory is that the team did not score a foreign gate. "To win the Champions you have to score in the outdoor games," said Messi, who proves to be the best firefighter for the many fires the management produces.

Lawrence Insignia, captain Naples, has warned that Barcelona is not just Messi. Asked about the endless comparisons between him and Maradona, he replied: "Today, he is the best player in the world to do things I've only seen on PlayStation.

Maradona. Most Holy // Photo: Moshe Shay

Naples and Barcelona want to win the common enemy: the Corona virus, which is deadly in northern Italy and has already taken six victims. The virus did not reach the southern city, where Maradona is everywhere: on the walls, in the stadium, in churches and in the souls of the residents. True, Messi was accepted as a super hero yesterday, but if there were any doubts about where the heart belonged, the local newspaper "Il Matino" made it a big headline: "Messi will never be Maradona."