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Napoli are on the brink of claiming their first Serie A title in 33 years despite failing to win at home last weekend, and they may not even have to play to get their hands on the Scudetto this week and kick off a long-awaited party in Naples.
A man walks past a graffiti depicting Argentine’s football legend Diego Maradona, with flags, banners and a papier mache model of Naples’s football players (up), in the colors of Napoli, decorating the Quartieri Case Nuove in central Naples on April 29, 2023, on the eve of the Italian Serie A football match between Napoli and Salernitana. – Naples, as the city braces up for its potential first Scudetto championship win in 33 years. An incredible 19 points clear at the top of Serie A, it’s surely only a matter of time until southern Italy’s biggest club win the Scudetto for the first time since 1990, when Diego Maradona was still strutting his stuff in sight of Mount Vesuvius. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
N aples has exploded into delirious celebrations as its football team edged closer towards clinching its first Serie A title in 33 years – a victory that would resonate well beyond football for this often-derided southern Italian city.
Life-size cardboard cut outs of players have popped up around Naples. PHOTO: NUNZIO RUSSO
Osimhen celebrating on top of the club’s bus after Napoli’s 1-0 defeat of Juventus… on Sunday
Napoli’s Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen (Rear C) attempts to control the ball during the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals second leg football match between SSC Napoli and AC Milan on April 18, 2023 at the Diego-Maradona stadium in Naples. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Juventus were beaten 1-0 by modest Sassuolo to remain stuck in seventh in Serie A on Sunday when Gregoire Drefel reacted fastest to score from a fluffed clearance. The defeat leaves Juventus below the European spots after the Turin giants were docked 15 points for illicit transfer activity in January. Runaway leaders Napoli drew on Saturday as Italy awaits an explosive party in Naples where Napoli look certain to clinch a first title since the days of Diego Maradona.
AC Milan manager Stefano Pioli said his team will travel to Napoli for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final full of "confidence" after securing a 1-0 advantage at the San Siro on Wednesday.