Diego Maradona’s Instagram Account Pays Tribute to Napoli’s Serie a Winning Squad
Football legend Diego Maradona has 'thanked' Napoli for winning the Serie A title 33 years after he guided them to glory.
Maradona, who died aged 60 in November 2020, is still worshipped in Naples for inspiring the club to the Scudetto in 1987 and 1990.
After a lengthy and often agonising wait, Napoli's current crop of players finally won the championship again, sparking wild celebrations across the city on Thursday night.
They sealed the title with a 1-1 draw at Udinese, with their leading goalscorer Victor Osimhen scoring the second-half equaliser that got them over the line with five games to spare.
The official Maradona Instagram account posted an eye-catching graphic showing Napoli's feted No 10 climbing a set of blue steps bearing the names of the current squad.
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| The official Diego Maradona Instagram account posted this eye-catching graphic after Napoli ended a 33-year wait to win the Italian championship on Thursday night |
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| Maradona helped unfancied Napoli win Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990, with another Instagram post comparing the street celebrations in the city then and now |
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The post read: 'A new date to remember, a new joy for the city, for the people, for the history. Thank you to all of you guys! Come on Napoli.'
An earlier post compared the street celebrations in Naples from 1987 and 2023, saying: 'Yesterday and today. The same city, the same happiness.'
Thousands of jubilant Napoli fans flooded onto the city's streets after the draw in Udine secured the championship on Thursday night.
They set off flares and fireworks long into the night in a party 33 years in the making. Maradona played for the club between 1984 and 1991, scoring 115 goals in 259 matches.
That successful spell saw the club win the league twice, as well as the Coppa Italia in 1986-87 and the UEFA Cup in 1988-89.
As emotions spilled over, more than 200 people were injured in the celebrations with a 26-year-old man shot dead in an incident police said was 'completely unconnected'.
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