Napoli finally ended their long wait to win Serie A on Thursday, joining late club legend Diego Maradona in the history books by being crowned Italian champions with a record-equaling five matches to play.
A 1-1 draw at Udinese gave Napoli the point they needed to end 33 years of waiting and spark wild celebrations among the thousands of fans in Udine, at the Stadio Maradona in Naples and all around southern Italy’s biggest city.
Supporters streamed onto the pitch at the Dacia Arena to celebrate after a season dominated by Luciano Spalletti’s side, creating moments of tension with home fans not happy at such open partying on their ground.
Victor Osimhen scored the decisive goal in the second half as Napoli’s current stars came back from trailing to Sandi Lovric’s opener at half time and emulated the teams led by Maradona which won the league in 1987 and 1990.
“This isn’t my title, it belongs to every player and the people who worked to make our dream come true.”
Source: Wires
