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naples. the noisy, the chaotic the effervescent one. the one which in the sun smells of the salt in its sea, and in the shade, odours of the dampness of its alleyways. naples. the modern, the experimental, the iridescent one. the naples of mount vesuvius, as seen by andy warhol. the city of the prog rock and blues of pino daniele and napule e. the polychrome naples. the melancholic and syncopated naples of liberato. naples. the lazzerona. the popular. the naples of diego. the city owned by its people. naples. which usually loses, but occasionally manages

to win. on may 4, napoli secured the european championship with a draw at udinese, a first serie a title for azzurri in 33 years — the first since diego maradona. take six neapolitans, the class of �*23, and view the achievement through their eyes. in naples, football is everything. isjoy, is love, is fun, is sadness. it is important to us to win against teams from the north. we are pending for this- moment since a long time. so we just feel this . power, this emotion. this year, all of the opponents fall down — inter, milan, juventus with — they have problems. we have to think about the future. we have this great future

we — on our roads. to be neapolitan is a dream. i say every time we are firsti of all neapolitans, and then italians. the 2022—�*23 season wasn't expected to pan out this way. napoli, under head coach luciano spalletti, had let go of star players kalidou koulibaly, dries mertens, and lorenzo insigne. their replacements were unproven. by the end of may, they were highly sought—after. napoli stormed to the serie a title, winning it with five matches to spare, finishing 16 points clear of lazio. but the drama didn't end there. spalletti left at the end of the season, citing the need for a break from football. the total was won, but how? the title was won, but how? this team is passionate because is — it's a great team. they found an alchemy between these guys, it is incredible. they are a team,

a realteam, real one. they collaborate, they play together. when you see the team plays, you feel there is a good connection on the field, but also outside. when spalletti coach came, people were not so happy, because they had this impression that he was a locker room breaker. he had problems with totti in rome. with mauro icardi at inter. so when he came here, napoli fans didn't — were not so happy.

he is a great manager and he also make the difference. he went around the world so he brought here a important experience from everywhere. he's a — he's a winner. he arrived here as a winner. i like him because he's a very passionate man. he's not from the south, but he looks from the south, because he is full of passion. spalletti did a greatjob, but a coach can only put his 20% in the final result. and this is hisjob. we love these guys, | we love all the men, all these guys, because they put all on the pitch, - and for us, it is very- important, this, too sweat the shirt, and they — - and they do the — do the best for the club.

i think that it is ten years that we had a good team, good players, good team. but every time we miss something. we had good players, a good manager when it started, with ancelotti. now everything start that everything is going in the right places, you know? we actually, we won the italian cup, the copa italia, twice. good result. but the championship, in italy, is something different. this team is really, really special, because, for example, you can have a guy from nigeria, another guy from south korea, another one from georgia. and very strange to have this net import of people, and they play well, altogether, and they maybe don't speak the same language, but they understand very well the ball and the game. southern people in italy,

they live with love, - with so much emotion, in a different way- to the north. we are not a team i that is used to win. so now in this moment, | we're getting everything that we need. it's also almost 30 year that we are waiting - for this championship. we feel this energy and we are very happy people because it would be like a dream come true. and i think that is the special thing of neapolitan team. the people, the supporters are crazy for naples. maybe sometimes they tell me, "for me, naples is more than my girlfriend, more than my wife." numberone. for the neapolitans, the club is very special. in this stadium, the atmosphere is amazing. we start to celebrate, first of all. and we be very proud of this.

is like 30 years ago, when there was a maradona here. is revenge versus milan, or turin, or versus the big city from northern italy. it is also a way to escape from the daily problems, is a way to have fun with the people, a party. and then this period is happiness. formed in 1926, the supporters of napoli have had to learn to be patient. trophies haven't arrived at the same pace as their main rivals from the north — milan, inter, juventus. as a second division club, they won the italian cup in 1962, but there was just one trophy in the 19705. patience was rewarded with the arrival of diego maradona, then 23 years old, in 1984, to awaken a golden period of championships and cup wins. after diego, the roller—coaster

took a dip, with bankruptcy — down to the third division by 200a. then a slow revival, back amongst the elite, and, in 2023, the crowning glory of the serie a title, 33 years of patience. naples was a great capital until a century and a half ago, and then the italian union, naples become the third city, and naples remain a cultural capital, but everything's move in the north, that is the richer part of the country. so as people from the south, especially from naples, we are really proud of our history. it's something really important, and of course it's something that is connected also with sport. there is such, like, fight, between the south of italy

and the north. and football is a thing with we can demonstrate that we have the same value of other. in football, there are no difference. historically, there's this rivality with the north. i as i said, for economical reason, social reason, i even now, people, mosti of people, young people, go in the the north to find a job, so it's something . you really felt from the city. if you walk on the streets, you can see the flags, you can see the people on the balcony. maybe they can sing for you a neapolitan song, and this is really, really amazing for one tourist, and when you come to naples, you can see this.

i always feel at home when i'm here. i also feel at home at the stadium, because it is like you are connected with all strangers all around you. and you feel like you know them since ever, and it's magic thing that only naples can give you. every sunday, or every time that the naples club play, . in the city _ there is no rumours. it's a very quiet city- during the football game. but then, you know, - you hear the scream of the — sao paulo maradona stadium, so you can understand - how the relationship i within the city and the football club, it's... neapolitan people loves football, and love the city and love the club, because we are the first big city in italy

with just one club. milan have two clubs, turin, two clubs, rome, two clubs. naples has just one. and this is very important, because all the neapolitan people, when was born, they support naples, since the first day of the life. first time i saw a football match, i was speaking with my father. iasked him, "0k, dad, we are supporting?" "who are we?" he said "the blue guys". i said "why?" he gave me two answers. first one, because this is the team of our city. and the second, more important, because in this team plays diego armando maradona. diego maradona came to the club injune198a for a world record fee. the squad was rebuilt around him. eighth in his first season, third in his second year. by 1987, maradona had worked his magic under the guidance of manager

ottavio bianchi. as the first team from the south to win the serie a since cagliari in 1970, cultural barriers had been broken. and a year after fulfilling his childhood dream of lifting the world cup for argentina, his status was lifted to an even higher plane. when maradona arrives in naples, it was seen like a sort of a messiah, something that would bring justice to the people. maradona for napoli, maybe is a god, maybe is a saint, maybe is a president, and maybe is everything. he represented a lot, - because he gave people hope. and hope is an important thing. it's a powerful one. maradona, here, was a demigod. maradona could not walk in the city in the daytime. there were, i don't know, a mother with her child, walking in the street,

and see maradona, the first thought of the mother was "here, take my son and give him a kiss" — you know? it's like the pope. maradona was something incredibly special, because right now we have an incredible team. at that time we had a good team, but maradona was something like a god, and he carried on his shoulders the team and bring naples the victory. he is a man, a conqueror. in the south, we have i to win against the north. for maradona to do this, it is all. - he also was from a poor country. he was from argentina. they had nothing, like most of the neapolitans of that time. however, in each of the objectives, he came here and he had nothing, but he take everything. and i think that is the point, yeah.

neapolitans and maradona, i think they see themselves. neapolitans in maradona, i think they see themselves. maradona really gave us a lot of energy, a lot of power, a lot of meanings. so we develop a really strong relationship between south america citizens and italia, especially naples, we have a strong relationship with argentinians. and for them, soccer and football is very important, too, so i don't know, i think it is like a cultural or socialthing, it is particular and unique. nowadays, maradona is still present in this - city, you know? you just have to walk - in the street and you can find a paint of diego maradona literally everywhere. - you can find one .

of his hair in a bar. the owner of this bar had the grace, had the luck. of having a miraculous| hair—rub, meeting with diego maradona, and put it| into his wall, writing under, "this is the miraculous hairl of diego maradona," so now everyone is going there just to see to touch, maybe - to touch his hair and to have a coffee there. i now that he is dead, i he has notjust a chapel with his hair, if you go- and walk in quartieri spagnoli you can find like a sanctuary. now that demigod has a church. maradona is love. maradona is part of the people. he is like a common man but he was the best of us. he got many problems in his life but in naples we only remember him for thejoy. for him, this city was incredible. he lived a very good moment

of his career in naples, and naples loved him since the first day. maradona led napoli to uefa cup success in 1989 and a second serie a title a year later, but he left the club following a 15—month ban after a positive drugs test. no—one could replace him. star players came and went, but long—term decline set in and the club were relegated in 1998. after maradona, there was some big problem. it was a hard time for young neapolitans. we were still thinking, "ok, now we are not so good but we are still the team of maradona." and suddenly we were not a team anymore, because napoli went into bankruptcy. we don't have money so we need

to sell all the players. look at the players we had — ferrara, cannavaro, we had zola — many good players. we had to sell everybody to keep the balance but it was no good. it was a really difficult moment for the city and, for example, i remember about my grandmother that was really involved in napoli football club because she was really a fan of the club, so the people really suffered this, because they think we have lost everything. the club was bought by a film producer, aurelio de laurentiis, and, in his words, he only had "a piece of paper," not even footballs to practise with. something changed with the arrival of aurelio de laurentiis. the president had a really complicated relationship with the city, with the supporter, because the supporter doesn't

like the power and he represented the power. 0ur president has never been so popular because he always followed his idea of the team as a brand, an industry. we like to have a president that be a fan and not a manager — he was a manager, not a fan. i think that aurelio de laurentiis came because it was really cheap to buy naples in that time, so he took an economic advantage because, in that time, he was able to buy napoli with an amount of money which was maybe not worth the impression of the people. worth the passion of the people. he was very clever, let's say because he say, "ok, now we have no team but we still have the people, we still have the fans." they were in the third division

of italian football but loyal fans still came, over 50,000 for theirfirst serie c match against cittadella. there was promotion back to serie a in 2007. six years later they were runners—up tojuventus, the rise masterminded by coaches like walter mazzarri, rafael benitez and mauricio sarri. he started like a slow but constant growth. he was in serie b. napoli then went into serie a, then europa league and he was really able to understand that, for a team like this, football training was fundamental. we like to have a president who like to spend money. he doesn't like to spend money. laughs. he preferred to get good players and not spending so much money. he had not the money

of a multinational society, so he had to do this — buy young players and try to sell them at the triple of what he paid. he did this with edinson cavani. with ezequiel lavezzi. actually, wayne. wayne was already famous but he paid 45 millions of euros for wayne then sold him 90 million, so double. with this way of do his business he could build strong society. then he just had to wait because when you build a strong house or a strong thing, you just have to wait. not always was a good idea, but then this moment everyone need to clap hands to him to build a he very good team. luciano spalletti arrived 2021.

luciano spalletti arrived in may 2021. the club's decisions to remove some of the most popular players prompted heavy protests. president de laurentiis was urged to sell the club but the policy came to an outstanding conclusion where the long—awaited championship, a first without maradona, was secured. it left fans in a state of delirium. now we have great top players, but it is more for the team. i think this is the difference between now and then. i think it was lucky to find to find a good coach like spalletti. he has a great personality and when you are on that level you have to be like this,

in the positive and negative way because if you don't reach, how you can reach that kind of level if you don't go past different problems, you know? and different kind of things. when the club sold koulibaly, mertens and lorenzo insigne the other people are a little bit not happy for this. now... now, we love these players, yeah? they are in my heart. forever, we will remember what they do to be here now. but the new team, the new guys, are very strong players. we are happy, we are happy to have them in our team. kvaratskhelia, i think, it will be a great thing in football, i think. he will be a great player.

he is doing a good job for naples. we love all the players, that is the truth. we love all of them because they are trying to do their best, their all, and we enjoy that. kvaratskhelia is a big surprise. he looks like a good guy, but like he transform. he's a wonderful player, so everybody want to compare him to other older players. some people say he remind of george best. somebody say maradona. from kvaratskhelia to 0simhen. 0simhen is another secret of this team. he is notjust a finisher. he can create something just

with this aggressive, just with his attitude. i think 0simhen will do a great job in the premier league, too. 0simhen is like... spalletti said he is like i a dragon with two heads because in boxing, he is dangerous. the fans waited for this for over 30 years and everybody wishes for it. naples is a city really connected with faith, with the local saint, st janeiro. many people ask to stjaneiro, it's like our super man, the local patron of the city to win this championship, and finally it arrives. it was worth the wait, and now we are enjoying it. spalletti announced that he was leaving napoli three weeks after the title was won, saying he needed to take some time

away from football. de laurentiis said, "he's a free man. he's given us something and i thank him. it's right that he does what he wants." former roma boss garcia takes over a squad with ambitions to repeat their title win and achieve success in europe, if star assets can be kept. supporting napoli was never meant to be easy. it is something that goes beyond winning titles and trophies. the perfect fit for a city that, after every game, salutes its team by chanting, "i love you, even if you win."

there will still be some showers and thunderstorms around, they won't be as potent because the air will be turning fresh from the west. this crowd is moving _ turning fresh from the west. this crowd is moving its _ turning fresh from the west. this crowd is moving its way north, this is the cold front from earlier which will eventually cause a big drop in temperature. we will see some showers and thunderstorms. still a humid area, mid 20s and high 20s across east anglia. tonight, showers and thunderstorms, pushing their way northwards. later, across the channel islands and more storms return. partly clear scales —— skies. as we go into sunday,

south—east england, could be some heavy and thundery rain around in the morning. elsewhere, dry start, sunny spells, showers breaking and developing more across parts of wales, the midlands, northern england especially. further interactions possible at the ashes and hopefully a lot of play at wimbledon. temperatures tomorrow around 2124 degrees so much more comfortable feel, very pleasant in the sunshine. sunday night into monday, there is another developing area of pressure from the south—west. that will bring heavy rain to begin with, spreading its way through the midlands, southern scotland, hit and miss showers through southern parts of scotland but some of them could still be on the thundery side. temperatures still high teens, low 20s. as at low

pressure moved to the north—east of us through this coming week, we sat have a more north—westerly, things will be more cooler for the rest of the week. expect changeable spells with rain at times and it will also be quite windy at times two. live from london. live from london. this is bbc news. this is bbc news. president zelensky marks 500 days since russia's invasion by visiting snake island — the enduring symbol of ukrainian defiance